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Just now I contact UM and my LANCER is under recall list. However, manufacturing year of the car is 2008. Thanks for sharing the information Hashan..

lol! Well that's a good enough reason! Apparently the Italian mob in NY buys the Cadillac DeVille / Cadillac DTS for the same reason

Between Amaron and Exide, I will ALWAYS choose Exide. I have enough experience with both brands. My car (Ford Focus) has an unusual size battery. Only Amaron has that size in Sri Lanka. So I am stuck with Amaron. I have had enough bad experiences with Amaron batteries. The car was bought brand new in 2011 and the manufacturer's battery was replaced in 2012 due to a manufacturing fault. Since 2012 to 2016, I am on my third battery now (guess.the brand?). 1. One battery cracked from the housing without any reason and the acid leaked from the side. to the engine compartment. I got the battery replaced through warranty. But the acid that leaked burned some of the paint and some of the wires. Luckily, I have a habit of inspecting the engine bay closely once in a while. This could have caused the car to catch fire. 2. The second battery (replaced in 2013 Feb I think) died in 2016 May. Amaron claims they have a 5-year warranty on batteries. But that's a BIG SCAM. The warranty is just 2-years. After 2 years, what you get is a discount when you buy the next battery (something like 30% off the retail price of the next battery). They call that warranty! When you walk in to a battery shop to buy a new battery, you get the same discount. So their so-called 'warranty' is not a warranty, not even a discount! and the bloody amaron battery for my car costs Rs. 18,000! I have always used Exide batteries with my other cars in the past and I had an issue only once where a brand new Exide battery died after about 3 weeks of purchase. I called up battmobile, got it tested and replaced within the hour. So I will not hesitate to recommend Exide over Amaron anytime.

I too have the same problem with my Axio hybrid. Some people say it's normal. Not sure though. ?

Will be very difficult to find a good specimen below 2.4m mark. Do note that these have cvt gearboxes, there were quite a few examples of failing gearboxes discussed recently . Also cvt needs more frequent maintainance so if this is your first car I would recommend you not to buy it.

Thanks trinity, Davy& Heshan and others for letting us know. i just checked with UM and they confirmed me mine not under the recall list. further they mentioned they have received set of chassis numbers from Mitsu which are subjected to this recall.

yeah it should be the saloon model, Brava. Brava and Marea is 4 door, Bravo is 2 door @dushyantha was the other Bravo owner, it was him i stated above There are parts, parts match with Alfa 145 and many other Alfa models, mine has Alfa lower arms, Alfa clutch master pump, exact match . So as you can see, many Euros share the same or likewise parts which can be easily fitted with a small modification. so it shouldn't be a problem finding parts. Clutch plates should match with other models, yeah plenty of parts in UK. Agree with locally done repairs, but make sure its in a good place. Parts are with the mechanics itself, if you have free time, try with Milano, Janatha motors @ panchiwattha, Euro spare parts, also Wheels Auto Spa peliyagoda. Wheels Auto Spa normally have spares with them, although they also do repairs of Euro's. Also give a call and try with ITMC @ Rajagiriya, Next Gear @ Udahamulla

i had a fiat bravo but sadly . not anymore . the 300- or 301- you're talking about must have been a saloon model ryt ? spares for them ? u could get someone in panchikawatta to bring down parts for you . or personally import them. if you have someone with a fair bit of car knowledge in italy or UK then there are loads of wreckers where parts can be sourced . I do no know how different the petrol variant is from the diesel but 5-6 years back there were no cv joints lower arms shocks rackends , clutch plates and stuff for a fiat bravo in srilanka . ball joints can be repaired and used again for some time . same goes for shockabsorbers

Thanks @Davy and @HashanJay for sharing the info . went there to replace my timing belt and got the airbag inflator also replaced while at it . They had to remove the whole dashboard , but didnt take much time .

Yes. I've watched a lot of Australian crime documentaries and according to them you can easily rent and transport a dead body in a Ute to a dump site perhaps. Less suspicious. In would prefer Mitsubishi pickup trucks and I think they are little bit cheaper than Toyotas.

Yhea bn . sold it and bought the lancer YOM 2008 . It comes with a OBD port which its not EOBD but is JOBD which the cheap ebay scanners do not support . I think it has something to do with the protocol used by the obd software . tested on a 2003 mitsubishi and a 2008 mitsubishi . both had the same outcome where the software says that the Protocol could not be detected .