Model years Mitsubishi Outlander
2007 Mitsubishi Outlander
Complaints about this year name suspension far more often than the other years of this generation — 23% of them, about 6× the usual rate of 3.9%.
First year of a new generation. The Mitsubishi Outlander was redesigned for 2007. 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 | 125 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 46 |
| Involving a crash | 6 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 9 |
| EPA combined | 19.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- subframe — 11.2% of this year's complaints, against 4.3% across the other years of this generation (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: subframe, state, xls, occurrence.
- weather — 11.2% of this year's complaints, against 4.4% across the other years of this generation (2.5×). Owners wrote it as: weather, cold, cold weather, winter.
- design — 8.8% of this year's complaints, against 2.3% across the other years of this generation (3.9×). Owners wrote it as: design, contacting, car currently, flaw.
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
- coil — 12% of complaints, 30× usual
- coil spring — 8% of complaints, 20× usual
- front coil — 7% of complaints, 18× usual
What owners wrote
WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A CLANKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ISLAND AUTO GROUP DEALER LOCATED AT 1590 HYLAN BLVD, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10305 WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS HAD FAI…
PASSENGER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND SEPARATED WHILE DRIVING. THIS SAME ISSUE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED TO NHTSA (COMPLAINT NUMBER: 11012748) FOR DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING AS WELL AS TO MITSUBISHI NORTH AMERICA (BUT GOT NOWHERE).
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 17V461000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 16V791000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 16V458000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 18V071000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 14V564000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 14V366000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 14V365000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 08V094000 SEATS
Showing 8 of 9. The rest are on NHTSA's site.
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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