Model years Mitsubishi Outlander
2014 Mitsubishi Outlander
This year drew an ordinary 45 complaints for a Mitsubishi Outlander — the model's median is 51. What they were about is the unusual part: 20% of them mention seat, against 6.7% across the other years of this generation.
First year of a new generation. The Mitsubishi Outlander was redesigned for 2014. 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 | 45 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 51 |
| Involving a crash | 9 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 26 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- seat — 20% of this year's complaints, against 6.7% across the other years of this generation (3×).
- local mitsubishi — 6.7% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the other years of this generation (33.3×).
- release — 6.7% of this year's complaints, against 0.4% across the other years of this generation (15.6×).
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
I HAD A ACCIDENT WITH MY 3 CHILDREN IN THE CAR WITH ME. I WAS DRIVING ON A 6 LANE HIGHWAY & HIT A CAR THAT WAS IN THE MIDDLE LANE AS IT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP FOR NO APPARENT REASON OTHER THAN REACHING FOR SOMETHING IN THE FLOORBOARD. THE DAMAGE WAS TO THE FR…
FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT CANNOT BE RETRACTED. UNDER 60K MILES. VEHICLE HANDLED WITH GREAT CARE THROUGHOUT.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 18V070000 PARKING BRAKE Fixed free of charge.
- 20V403000 SEAT BELTS 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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