Model years Mitsubishi Outlander Sport
2011 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport
Complaints about this year name outlander contact far more often than the model's other years — 22% of them, about 21× the usual rate of 1.1%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 85 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 26 |
| Involving a crash | 6 |
| Recalls | 10 |
| EPA combined | 26 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- aware issue — 14.1% of this year's complaints, against 1.4% across the model's other years (9.9×). Owners wrote it as: aware issue, part needed, engine however, needed remedy.
- cooling — 20% of this year's complaints, against 7.9% across the model's other years (2.5×). Owners wrote it as: cooling, engine engine, engine cooling, amount time.
- suspension — 9.4% of this year's complaints, against 2.9% across the model's other years (3.2×). Owners wrote it as: suspension, corroded, corrosion, seem.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- windshield — 11% of complaints, 16× usual
- engine engine — 9% of complaints, 24× usual
- engine cooling — 9% of complaints, 24× usual
What owners wrote
NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V562000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED TO REMEDY THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE [VIN] WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 14V562000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR. THE [VIN] WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCE A FAILURE.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 20V279000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
- 18V103000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 16V867000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
- 18V069000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 16V792000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 15V579000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 14V562000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 15V233000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
Showing 8 of 10. The rest are on NHTSA's site.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Mitsubishi Outlander Sport was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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