Model years Mitsubishi Outlander
2022 Mitsubishi Outlander
Complaints about this year name hood far more often than the other years of this generation — 45% of them, about 114× the usual rate of 0.4%.
First year of a new generation. The Mitsubishi Outlander was redesigned for 2022. A first year carries problems nobody has found yet, and they are found by the people who buy it — which is worth knowing before you become one of them.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 209 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 46 |
| Involving a crash | 14 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 7 |
| EPA combined | 26.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- hood — 45.5% of this year's complaints, against 1% across the other years of this generation (45.7×).
- speeds — 31.6% of this year's complaints, against 8% across the other years of this generation (4×). Owners wrote it as: speeds, higher, hood fly, looks like.
- flutters — 19.1% of this year's complaints, against 1.7% across the other years of this generation (11.5×). Owners wrote it as: flutters, hood flutters, faster, fear.
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
- fly — 11% of complaints, 28× usual
- hood flutters — 10% of complaints, 24× usual
- speeds — 16% of complaints, 5× usual
What owners wrote
While driving the 2022 Mitsubishi Outlander at highway speeds the front hood flutters very badly. Causing myself stress that the hood will fly open causing a very concerning safety problem or accident.
When driving at a speed of 40 MPH or higher the hood flutters really bad. It looks like the hood is going to fly open.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 22V027000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 21V596000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V821000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
- 22V335000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 22V470000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 23V345000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 25V369000 BACK OVER PREVENTION 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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