Vehicle report
2012 MITSUBISHI LANCER
This model year
What the record shows
The 2012 Mitsubishi Lancer is a compact car, and the 17th model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 1996 to 2017.
The EPA rated five configurations: engines from 2-litre four-cylinder to 2.4-litre four-cylinder, all-wheel drive and front-wheel drive, three transmissions and running on premium gasoline and regular gasoline.
Combined fuel economy ranges from 20 to 28 mpg depending on which one you have.
NHTSA's best overall crash rating for this model year is 4 out of five stars.
The federal record holds 19 owner complaints, 1 safety recall and 82 service bulletins for it.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.