Model years Mitsubishi Outlander Sport
2017 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport
Complaints about this year name years far more often than the model's other years — 11% of them, about 27× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 73 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 26 |
| Involving a crash | 11 |
| Recalls | 0 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 25 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- lose — 15.1% of this year's complaints, against 3.2% across the model's other years (4.7×). Owners wrote it as: lose, gas pedal, replaced mitsubishi, car 2017.
- regards — 8.2% of this year's complaints, against 1.3% across the model's other years (6.2×). Owners wrote it as: regards, inoperable, mitsubushi, 2017 mitsubushi.
- driver seat — 8.2% of this year's complaints, against 1.4% across the model's other years (6×). Owners wrote it as: driver seat, forth, back forth, need help.
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
- only — 19% of complaints, 4× usual
- anything — 8% of complaints, 21× usual
- parked — 8% of complaints, 14× usual
What owners wrote
The electric parking break was stuck and alarm going off. Only used ebrake maybe 5 times in the years I have had my car. This time was I used it while parked on a hill. The ebrake would not disengage properly. Dealer says need a new one, even though the electr…
THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF AND PARKED ON A CITY STREET. WHEN I'M GOING TO TURN IT ON, THE CAR'S BATTERY IS DEAD. I HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS SAME SITUATION FIVE (5) TIMES. IN A PERIOD OF TWO (2) YEARS, THE CAR HAS DISCHARGED FIVE (5) NEW BATTERIES, INCLUDING THE O…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
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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