# NHTSA recall 15V233000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 15V233000
- Manufacturer's number: SR\-15\-003
- Manufacturer: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
- Reported: 2015\-04\-20
- Owners notified: 2015\-06\-15
- Component: VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR
- Units potentially affected: 76958

## What is wrong

Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. \(Mitsubishi\) is recalling certain model year 2009\-2011 Lancer vehicles manufactured March 16, 2009, to March 30, 2011, 2010\-2011 Lancer Sportback vehicles manufactured June 17, 2009, to December 1, 2010, 2010\-2011 Lancer Evolution vehicles manufactured July 14, 2009, to January 7, 2011, 2009\-2011 Outlander vehicles manufactured February 10, 2009, to June 22, 2011, and 2011 Outlander Sport vehicles manufactured August 26, 2010, to November 19, 2010.  In the affected vehicles, the blower motor may fail.


## What can happen

Failure of the blower motor may reduce the performance of the windshield defroster, diminishing the driver's visibility and increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Mitsubishi will notify owners, and dealers will replace a suspect blower motor, free of charge.  The recall began on June 15, 2015.  Owners may contact Mitsubishi customer service at 1\-888\-648\-7820.  Mitsubishi's number for this recall is SR\-15\-003.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2016 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2016\-10\-28
- Vehicles in the campaign: 76958
- Reported remedied: 42706 \(55%\)
- Reported unreachable: 2748
- Reported removed: 1156

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 quarter 3, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2009 MITSUBISHI LANCER](/makes/mitsubishi/lancer/2009/recalls.md). Built 2009\-03\-16 to 2011\-03\-30.
- [2010 MITSUBISHI LANCER](/makes/mitsubishi/lancer/2010/recalls.md). Built 2009\-03\-16 to 2011\-03\-30.
- [2011 MITSUBISHI LANCER](/makes/mitsubishi/lancer/2011/recalls.md). Built 2009\-03\-16 to 2011\-03\-30.
- [2010 MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION](/makes/mitsubishi/lancer-evolution/2010/recalls.md). Built 2009\-07\-14 to 2011\-01\-07.
- [2011 MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION](/makes/mitsubishi/lancer-evolution/2011/recalls.md). Built 2009\-07\-14 to 2011\-01\-07.
- [2010 MITSUBISHI LANCER SPORTBACK](/makes/mitsubishi/lancer-sportback/2010/recalls.md). Built 2009\-06\-17 to 2010\-12\-01.
- [2011 MITSUBISHI LANCER SPORTBACK](/makes/mitsubishi/lancer-sportback/2011/recalls.md). Built 2009\-06\-17 to 2010\-12\-01.
- [2009 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER](/makes/mitsubishi/outlander/2009/recalls.md). Built 2009\-02\-10 to 2011\-06\-22.
- [2010 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER](/makes/mitsubishi/outlander/2010/recalls.md). Built 2009\-02\-10 to 2011\-06\-22.
- [2011 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER](/makes/mitsubishi/outlander/2011/recalls.md). Built 2009\-02\-10 to 2011\-06\-22.
- [2011 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT](/makes/mitsubishi/outlander-sport/2011/recalls.md). Built 2010\-08\-26 to 2010\-11\-19.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [TECH TALK 281](/bulletins/11007471.md), 2024-09-07, Other
- [TSB\-22\-51\-003](/bulletins/10228926.md), 2023-01-06, Service bulletin
- [TSB\-13\-55\-002](/bulletins/10172525.md), 2020-04-04, Service bulletin
- [TT192](/bulletins/10170087.md), 2020-01-24, Service bulletin
- [TT218](/bulletins/10170074.md), 2020-01-24, Service bulletin
- [TSB\-18\-55\-001](/bulletins/10152962.md), 2019-02-19, Service bulletin
- [FRONTWIPERSYSTEM](/bulletins/10098904.md), 2017-05-11, Service bulletin
- [FRONTWIPERSYSTEM](/bulletins/10098902.md), 2017-05-11, Service bulletin
- [TSB\-09\-42A\-004](/bulletins/10030264.md), 2009-09-16, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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