Safety
A 2013 base Lancer with front-wheel drive scores an overall four out of five stars in National Highway Traffic Safety Administration crash tests. The Lancer receives the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's Top Safety Pick designation with its best score, Good, in frontal-offset, side, rear and roof-strength tests.
Standard safety features include front airbags, front-seat-mounted side-impact airbags, side curtain airbags for front and rear occupants, and a driver's knee airbag. See here for a list of standard safety features.
Click here to see how well child-safety seats fit in the Lancer.
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Ashtray
CAUTION
• Put out matches and cigarettes before they are placed in the ashtray.
• Don’t put papers and other things that burn into your ashtrays. If you do,
cigarettes or other smoking mate ...
Cargo
There's 13.8 cubic feet of cargo room in the Lancer Sportback, which is
marginally larger than the sedan's 12.3-cubic-foot trunk. The Sportback's cargo
area is notably smaller than the Mazda3 hatc ...
Engine compartment
Clean the engine compartment at the beginning and end of winter. Pay particular
attention to flanges, crevices and peripheral parts where dust containing road chemicals
and other corrosive materia ...