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Model years to avoid

Mitsubishi Outlander

What it says about you

Opinion

You found the three-row for the price of a two-row and took it, and you are aware of what you traded. The third row is for children and you knew that going in.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

21 model years on record, 1,429 complaints filed.

The years to look at closely: 2022 (hood), 2016 (transmission), 2015 (outlander sport), 2007 (suspension). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.

What owners report, and when

Faults that dominated the complaints of more than one model year. Not the same question as which year to avoid — a car can have an ordinary number of complaints every year and have most of them be about the same thing.

  • transmission 2015, 2016 peak 44.4% of that year's complaints
  • vin 2009, 2016 peak 23.9% of that year's complaints

Every year

  1. 2026 nothing on record 2 complaints
  2. 2025 0 recalls 14 complaints
  3. 2024 1 recall 26 complaints
  4. 2023 2 recalls 45 complaints
  5. 2022 hood 209 complaints
  6. 2020 3 recalls 31 complaints
  7. 2019 5 recalls 29 complaints
  8. 2018 6 recalls 55 complaints
  9. 2017 6 recalls 51 complaints
  10. 2016 transmission 168 complaints
  11. 2015 outlander sport 234 complaints
  12. 2014 4 recalls 45 complaints
  13. 2013 5 recalls 68 complaints
  14. 2012 6 recalls 36 complaints
  15. 2011 8 recalls 88 complaints
  16. 2010 10 recalls 60 complaints
  17. 2009 13 recalls 46 complaints
  18. 2008 12 recalls 58 complaints
  19. 2007 suspension 125 complaints
  20. 2006 1 recall 21 complaints
  21. 2005 1 recall 18 complaints

What does a Mitsubishi Outlander say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.