Model years Mitsubishi Outlander
2018 Mitsubishi Outlander
This year drew an ordinary 55 complaints for a Mitsubishi Outlander — the model's median is 46. What they were about is the unusual part: 7.3% of them mention other times, against 2.1% across the other years of this generation.
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 | 55 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 46 |
| Involving a crash | 7 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 26 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- other times — 7.3% of this year's complaints, against 2.1% across the other years of this generation (3.5×). Owners wrote it as: other times, acc, disengages, prompting.
- appeared — 7.3% of this year's complaints, against 2.8% across the other years of this generation (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: appeared, image, rearview, blank.
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
while attempting to park the vehicle, the contact became aware that the rearview camera was inoperable. The contact stated that the rearview camera failed to function properly, and the camera image appeared blank. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but was no…
THE CRUISE CONTROL (ACC) DISENGAGES ON ITS OWN WITHOUT ANY NOTICE WHEN TRAVELING ON THE ROAD. OTHER TIMES WITHOUT ANY PROMPTING IT FLASHES THAT THE ACC NEEDS SERVICING.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 18V591000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 20V403000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 18V620000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 18V621000 FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 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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