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2002 Mitsubishi Lancer visibility & wipers problems

The 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer has 27 visibility & wipers complaints filed with NHTSA — 14% of the year's total, and the first year with meaningful reports in this category.

27

Visibility & Wipers complaints

14%

Share of year

0

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Visibility & Wipers complaints by year

Lancer visibility & wipers complaints by model year77 complaints2002: 27 complaints2003: 77 complaints2004: 23 complaints2005: 1 complaints2006: 2 complaints2008: 2 complaints2009: 4 complaints2010: 6 complaints2011: 3 complaints2012: 2 complaints2015: 2 complaints2016: 1 complaints2017: 1 complaints
Lancer visibility & wipers complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

THE TEMPERATURE CONTROL KNOB IN THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO TURN SINCE PURCHASE AND HAS SINCE DETERIORATED. THE KNOB BROKE OFF YESTERDAY RESULTING IN THE TEMPERATURE SETTINGS TO NO LONGER BE OPERABLE. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM, SINCE HEATING (AND COOLING) A VEHICLE ALLOWS IT TO BE OPERABLE…

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Visibility & Wipers · February 8, 2009

Common questions

How many visibility & wipers complaints does the 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer have?

NHTSA has 27 complaints about the 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer visibility & wipers — 14% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.