Mitsubishi Outlander — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 3,770 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)362 (9.6%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 2007–2016.
• Suspension344 (9.1%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2003–2013.
• Engine340 (9.0%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 2008–2017.
• Electrical system328 (8.7%)Official recall records for this system: 11, covering model years 2003–2018.
• Body & structure312 (8.3%)Official recall records for this system: 10, covering model years 2003–2022.
• Brakes248 (6.6%)Official recall records for this system: 7, covering model years 2008–2018.

Other / uncategorized: 288 classifications (7.6%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (2,624 records, model years 2003–2026) are most frequently classified under: powertrain (transmission & drivetrain), suspension and engine.
• Safety recalls (165 records, model years 2003–2026) are most frequently classified under: driver-assistance systems, electrical system and equipment & accessories.
• Transport Canada recalls (168 records, model years 2003–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, body & structure and visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors).
• Manufacturer communications (2,868 records, model years 2003–2026) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and engine.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 1,366reports included a mileage
• 69,154average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 2003 188 records for 2003 188
2. 2004 113 records for 2004 113
3. 2005 70 records for 2005 70
4. 2006 58 records for 2006 58
5. 2007 221 records for 2007 221
6. 2008 187 records for 2008 187
7. 2009 178 records for 2009 178
8. 2010 197 records for 2010 197
9. 2011 189 records for 2011 189
10. 2012 141 records for 2012 141
11. 2013 145 records for 2013 145
12. 2014 185 records for 2014 185
13. 2015 179 records for 2015 179
14. 2016 301 records for 2016 301
15. 2017 202 records for 2017 202
16. 2018 182 records for 2018 182
17. 2019 160 records for 2019 160
18. 2020 133 records for 2020 133
19. 2021 13 records for 2021 13
20. 2022 415 records for 2022 415
21. 2023 159 records for 2023 159
22. 2024 106 records for 2024 106
23. 2025 58 records for 2025 58
24. 2026 34 records for 2026 34

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 232mention a crash
• 18mention a fire
• 204mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 165
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 2,868
• Investigations NHTSA 2
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 168
• Owner complaints NHTSA 2,624

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• U0141 in 39 records · 2007–2019
• P2097 in 7 records · 2011–2014
• U0431 in 5 records · 2014–2018
• P2100 in 4 records · 2006–2012
• P0139 in 3 records · 2014–2016
• P0420 in 3 records · 2008–2010
• P2101 in 3 records · 2006–2015
• P0128 in 2 records · 2026–2026
• P0335 in 2 records · 2005–2006
• P0706 in 2 records · 2022–2023
• P0780 in 2 records · 2022–2023
• P2096 in 2 records · 2014–2026

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.