Model years Mitsubishi Outlander
2015 Mitsubishi Outlander
Complaints about this year name outlander sport far more often than the other years of this generation — 28% of them, about 28× the usual rate of 1%.
Generation 2 of the Mitsubishi Outlander, which began in 2014 and ran to 2020. 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 | 234 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 46 |
| Involving a crash | 7 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 5 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 26 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- transmission — 44.4% of this year's complaints, against 12.3% across the other years of this generation (3.6×).
- train — 21.4% of this year's complaints, against 7.1% across the other years of this generation (3×). Owners wrote it as: train, power train, hesitated, accelerator.
- hesitation — 11.5% of this year's complaints, against 1% across the other years of this generation (11.8×). Owners wrote it as: hesitation, experiencing.
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
- transmission — 44% of complaints, 7× usual
- sport contact — 16% of complaints, 40× usual
- power train — 11% of complaints, 27× usual
What owners wrote
MY 2015 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT 2.0 HAS 500 MILES ON IT AND IT HESITATES INTERMITTENTLY WHEN STARTING FROM INTERSECTIONS. IT FEELS LIKE SOMEONE PUT THE BREAKS ON BUT I THINK IT'S A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. I ALMOST GOT HIT TWICE ALREADY BECAUSE OF THIS. IT USU…
I have 2015 outlander sport has 100k miles on it and I had the transmission replaced at 62000 miles at the dealership but now I have a hesitation engine when go over 70k per hour on the highway and airbag service sign on for no reason and the fog light with th…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 17V609000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 18V070000 PARKING BRAKE Fixed free of charge.
- 20V403000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 25V507000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
- 26V252000 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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