2008 Mitsubishi Lancer EVO Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“Due to cold weather here in mn, my sawc pump has failed(all wheel drive control unit, hydraulic pump fails due to cold weather). I've researched and many people with the same make and model have had issues of the same. Bought the car in feb 2013, used with 38kmiles. Im afraid the dealer wont cover the expenses of getting this replace. It is a known issue as I've researched with many people complaining.”

“I brought my car into the dealership in 2016 for a flashing taramic light and they told there wasn't anything wrong. Which I later found out that they negleted to look into the issue. I had no idea what this issue was until 6 months later and I just had reached 100,500 miles on the car. I found on a form it could be the a fluid issue, so I went to Mitsubishi to get fluid and the service manager informed me of the 100,000 mile warranty. I eventually took Mitsubishi to court for negligence and lack of care and the case was thrown out. I'm sick of dealing with this issue.”

“The gear shifts are extremely notchy and cause frequent grinding when shifting to gears 2 and 3. It does not matter if I am upshifting or downshifting. The problem is pronounced during cold engine conditions. Grinding continues to happen even in warm conditions. There have been many times when the car lost power and slowed down in the middle of a road because I could not shift in time due to the grinding.”

“At 72,000 miles I was experiencing issues that had to do with the idling of my car. At stoplights it would die unexpectedly and/or just idle extremely rough as the RPM's would lower. I took it in to get it repaired and it was diagnosed (by Mitsubishi) as a timing belt that was stretched. I looked online an found scores of 2008 evo's who have experienced similar issues right around the same timeframe (around 70k miles). Clearly this is a common issue, yet out of warranty by 10k. …”

“I took in my Mitsubishi Lancer Evo to local dealer for transmission problem. This car currently has 3,300 miles and I'm having problems in shifting from second gear to third.at times I need to take clutch pedal out two to three times in order for it to engage. Some times transmission will not go into reverse also. Dealer had car for a couple of hours and indicated on their work order that the car had no problems while test driving?”