Model years Mitsubishi Outlander
2011 Mitsubishi Outlander
This year drew an ordinary 88 complaints for a Mitsubishi Outlander — the model's median is 46. What they were about is the unusual part: 14.8% of them mention inspected, against 5.2% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 1 of the Mitsubishi Outlander, which began in 2007 and ran to 2013. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 88 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 46 |
| Involving a crash | 6 |
| Recalls | 8 |
| EPA combined | 23 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- inspected — 14.8% of this year's complaints, against 5.2% across the other years of this generation (2.9×). Owners wrote it as: inspected, condition, despite, muffler.
- indicator — 9.1% of this year's complaints, against 1.7% across the other years of this generation (5.5×). Owners wrote it as: indicator, failure where, off vehicle.
- weeks — 11.4% of this year's complaints, against 4.3% across the other years of this generation (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: weeks, stopped working, heating, blow.
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.
What owners wrote
BRAKES MAKE A DIFFERENT SOUND (LIKE A BLOW) WHEN IT BRAKES SUDDENLY. AIR CONDITIONING STOPPED WORKING TWO WEEKS AGO. WHEN THE A / C IS TURNED ON, THE SOUND OF THE COMPRESSOR IS HEARD BUT NO AIR IS VOTED. OPAQUE OR NOT ILLUMINATE WELL. LOW INTENSITY OF THE LIGH…
THE ETACS CONTROL HAS CAUSED MY TAIL LIGHTS AND TAG LIGHTS TO NOT WORK. THIS IS AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF MONEY TO FIX. I SEE THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE ETACS FOR VEHICLES MADE IN 2010 AND I BELIEVE MY CAR SHOULD BE IN THIS RECALL BUT NOTHING HAS COME UP ACCORDING T…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 17V461000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 18V069000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 16V791000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 16V458000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 14V562000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 14V366000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 15V233000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 20V279000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Mitsubishi Outlander 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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