Owner-reported complaints naming the electrical system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the electrical system — wiring, battery, charging, control modules, infotainment and electrical accessories. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2015 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 19 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
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The front passenger door will not open from the inside NOR from the outside. This could be a severe safety issue in case of emergency! I tried unplugging the battery for 15 minutes and reconnecting. Still does not work. No warnings/messages. No recalls. What if this happened to other doors? What if I drove into a lake and could not escape the vehicle?
I was driving down the road at 60 miles an hour. My car completely shut down restarted itself while I was in Drive going 60 miles an hour. It put me back in first gear shot my RPMs through the roof. I put it in park once I come to a stop, sit there for a minute shut it down started back up. Finished my drive out after that happened. My stereo has kicked in and out about every 20 minutes while going down the road.
Rear liftgate lock release handle Mitsubishi part number 5810A089 (100% electrical) failed due to excessive moisture penatration in this area causing abnormal rust to the liftgate in the same location. I now notice other vehicles like mine have the same rust condition in the same area. I wash the vehicle on a regular basis and I keep it in a heated garage when I'm home.
The engine shuts off while at idle for stop lights, stop signs, and on occasion brief stops such as reversing and turning. The battery has been replaced, the alternator has been checked, & the catalytic converter was checked no problems there. However the problem persists with no warning/engine/battery light on. This is a big problem when trying to safely operate the vehicle especially if others are expecting me to go and then the car shuts off
My transmission doesn't go into gear right away and doesn't drive right in automatic. If I switch it to manual and only go up to 5th gear it shifts fine. There was a transmission recall for same year make and model as mine. Those recalls happened around 80,000 miles. I have 84,000. I was previously told I needed either a fuel tank or fuel injectors, never got it diagnosed. My gas gauge reads full all the time even when I dont have gas.
VEHICLE STARTED HAVING ROUGH IDLE AT ABOUT 70,000 MILES WHEN AIR CONDITIONER WOULD BE TURNED ON. RMP'S WOULD FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 500-1000. NOW AT ABOUT 90,000 MILES VEHICLE HAS ROUGH IDLE WHETHER AC IS ON OR NOT. VEHICLE HAS STALLED WHEN CHANGING GEARS, WHILE WAITING AT A STOP OR WHEN SITTING IN TRAFFIC. TODAY 3/24/21 VEHICLE STALLED WHILE ENTERING AN INTERSECTION WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE ALSO HAS A HESITATION WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE WHETHER FROM A STOP OR FROM A COASTING SPEED.VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP ON OCTOBER 2019 FOR CVT8-ECM REFLASH AS PER RECALL BUT IT ONLY SOLVED THE ACCELERATION PROBLEM FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. THERE SHOULD BE ANOTHER RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE AS THESE PROBLEMS CAN CAUSE PERSONAL INJURY/ACCIDENT.
PLEASE UPDATE YOUR SYSTEM TO REFLECT THAT THE FOLLOWING RECALLS HAVE BEEN FIXED. ' 2015 OUTLANDER SPORT / RVR - REPLACE (2) ELECTRICAL POWER CONTRO (NHTSA #17V609) ' REAR PARKING BRAKE - 4A MODELS (NHTSA #18V070) ' FRONT WIPER LINK REPLACEMENT (NHTSA #18V103) THE WORK WAS COMPLETED AT THE FOLLOWING DEALERSHIP CHARLIE'S MITSUBISHI 495 WESTERN AVENUE AUGUSTA, ME 04330 SERVICE: (207) 213-2702
TRANSMISIN SLIPS , CAR STUDDERS DURING ACCELERATION, VERY DANGEROUS WHEN TRYING TO CROSS A STREET OR ENTERING HIGHWAYS. VERY HARD TO CONTROL STEERING, ENGINE MAKES A LOUD NOISE (AS IF YOU ACEELERATE AND THERE IS NO POWER, HIGH RPM NOISE)
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HESITATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN(TIN-15-23-001) WHICH HE LINKED TO THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO (YORK MITSUBISHI 1301 ROOSEVELT AVE, YORK, PA 17404) TO BE DIAGNOSED WHICH WAS STILL PENDING. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 45,000.
I HAVE A 2015 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT I BROUGHT BRAND NEW OFF THE LOT. IN THE SUMMER OF 2019, THE "REMOVE KEY" LIGHT WOULD COME ON AFTER MY KEY WAS REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION. .ON 12/19/19, MY CAR WOULD NOT TURN OVER TO START AND THE "REMOVE KEY" LIGHT STAYED ON. I HAD CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER. DEALER SAID KEY CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND MY BATTERY WAS DEAD. I REPLACED THE BATTERY AND TOLD THEM THIS WAS THE 4TH BATTERY I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE WITH THIS CAR. I BOUGHT NEW BATTERY AND DEALER ORDERED PART. THE KEY CYLINDER PART CAME IN AND WAS REPLACED ON 01/09/20. ON 01/20/20, THE "REMOVE KEY" LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND MY CAR WOULD NOT START. TOWED CAR BACK TO SAME DEALER WHO FOUND KEY CYLINDER WAS INCORRECTLY INSTALLED AND REINSTALLED CYLINDER. TODAY 01/22/20, THE "REMOVE KEY" LIGHT CAME BACK ON. I'M WAITING FOR A CALL BACK TODAY FROM THE SAME DEALER TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT CAN BE DONE. THE "REMOVE KEY" LIGHT PREVENTS YOU FROM LOCKING THE DOORS NORMALLY, WHILE SITTING IN THE CAR, I HAD TO LOCK ALL DOORS BEFORE REMOVING KEY FROM IGNITION. THE "REMOVE KEY" LIGHT TURNS ON WHEN I REMOVE KEY. THEN AFTER I EXIT THE CAR AND CLOSE THE DRIVER DOOR, I HAVE TO USE MY KEY TO LOCK MY DRIVER DOOR. OTHERWISE I CAN'T LOCK ALL OF MY CAR DOORS WITH THE KEY OR KEY FOB AND HAVE TO GET BACK IN THE RESTART CAR AND START CYCLE OVER. I ASKED DEALER TO CHECK ELECTRICAL SYSTEM BECAUSE I HAVE REPLACED THE CAR BATTERY 4 TIMES ON THIS CAR ALREADY WHICH IS RIDICULOUS AND COSTS ME MONEY SINCE IT'S NOT COVERED IN MY CAR WARRANTY OR EXTENDED WARRANTY. I ONLY HAVE LESS THEN 34,000 MILES ON MY CAR. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS ON REMEDYING THIS ISSUE?? DID I PURCHASE A LEMON?
THE VEHICLE STALLS WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING/ HEATING IS TURNED ON AND SOMETIMES THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY AND IN TRAFFIC WHILE HE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND WHILE WAITING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR STOP SIGN..
DURING INITIAL ACCELERATION FROM A STANDSTILL, OR WHEN ACCELERATING AGAIN AFTER EITHER CONSTANT SPEED OPERATION OR COASTING THE TRANSMISSION WILL DELAY IN THE VEHICLE ACCELERATING. WHILE AT 60-65 MPH THE VEHICLE WILL FLUCTUATE IN RPM AND TRY TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. THE SERVICE TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN GOING OFF AND ON SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN OCTOBER 2017. WHEN BRINGING IT IN FOR SERVICE DEALER SAYS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. I WENT TO AUTOZONE WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON AND IT IS STATING THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER BANK 1 HAS ISSUES. SO WHEN I PARKED IT THIS MORNING 4-24-18 BECAUSE OF THE LIGHT GOING ONE FOR THE TRANSMISSION, I TRIED STARTING IT AND IT STARTED BUT HESITATED AND THEN ALL THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS WENT OFF. I BELIEVE THERE IS SOMETHING UP WITH THE ECU TOO. I KNOW THERE ARE RECALLS FOR 2015 OUTLANDER SPORTS BUT WHY NOT MINE WHEN I AM HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. THANK YOU
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 18V103000 (VISIBILITY), 18V070000 (PARKING BRAKE), AND 17V609000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE CONTACT CALLED FRESNO MITSUBISHI AT 559-899-3255 (5505 N BLACKSTONE AVE, FRESNO, CA 93710) SEVERAL TIMES, BUT WAS AWAITING A CALL BACK REGARDING PART AVAILABILITY AND A RECALL REPAIR APPOINTMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
DEALER WILL NOT HONOR RECALL ,OVER 100 MILES FROM DEALER
DRIVER SIDE FRONT POWER WINDOW MAKES THE ENTIRE DOOR PANEL MAKE NOISE ANYTIME IT IS ROLLED UP. HAVE TAKEN IT INTO THE DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES FOR ISSUES, IT ONLY REMAINS FIXED FOR A FEW CYCLES OF THE WINDOW. IT'S LIKE A CREAKING PLASTICY NOISE, NONE OF THE OTHER WINDOWS DO THIS. SEVERELY ANNOYING ON SOMETHING SO NEW WITH LESS THAN 7K MILES, AND EMBARRASSING WITH CUSTOMERS IN VEHICLE.
OUTLANDER SPORT 2015, PURCHASED IN FEB. 2016. STARTED CAR, PUT IN REVERSE, CAR STOPPED DEAD. LIGHT ON DASHBOARD STATED "ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SERVICE REQUIRED", SYMBOL OF A RED SUV WITH A RED X ON IT, & GREEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. TOWED TO LANCASTER MITSUBISHI, THEY STATED NOTHING WRONG WITH CAR, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD TO PUSH VEHICLE INTO GARAGE. IT WORKS NOW. FOR HOW LONG?? HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD WHAT IS WRONG OR WHY IT HAPPENED. VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. TOW TRUCK DRIVER TRIED TO JUMP IT, DID NOT WORK
MY STEPDAUGHTER DROVE TO WORK MONDAY (8/9/16) AND COULD NOT REMOVE HER KEY, SWITCH ONLY WENT BACK TO ACC POSITION. I ARRIVED AND LOOKED IT OVER, STARTED MOTOR, SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, THEN BACK TO PARK, CUT OFF SWITCH AND TURNED ALL WAY TO OFF POSITION THIS TIME. SOUNDS LIKE ISSUE WITH IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER. IT'S A 2015 WITH LESS THAN 10K MILES. SHE TOOK IT TO DEALER WHO BASICALLY ACCUSED HER OF SPILLING LIQUID DOWN INTO SHIFTER, HOWEVER ONCE THEY SAY CONDITION OF CAR KNEW THIS WASN'T CASE. TOLD HER THEY WILL REPAIR IT A WEEK FROM YESTERDAY. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE MY 4 YEAR OLD BEAUTIFUL GRANDDAUGHTER RIDES IN THAT CAR (HER MOTHER'S) PRIMARILY. I'M GOING TO DEALERSHIP UPON OPENING IN MORNING BECAUSE WE NEED A LOANER CAR FOR MY STEPDAUGHTER TO USE UNTIL HER OUTLANDER IS FULLY EQUIPPED WITH THE SAFETY REPAIR. SHE HAD ONLY HAD CAR LITTLE OVER 3 MONTHS, IT'S LEAST THEY WILL DO. MY STEPDAUGHTER IS ALOT NICER THAN MYSELF. I'M NOT HAVING MY STEPDAUGHTER OR GRANDDAUGHTER IN AN UNSAFE VEHICLE. WILL BE DEMANDING AND RECEIVING LOANER CAR FOR HER IN THE MORNING.
IT HESITATES ON TAKE OFF , DRIVERS WINDOW IS STUTTERING. HAD ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FLASH ON AND OFF , TIME OF DAY CHANGES TO DAYLIGHT SAVING BY ITSELF , PULLS TO THE RIGHT UPON BRAKING. ACCELERATION IS AWFUL . JERKS WHILE CHANGING GEARS. MOST OF THIS IS AT STOPPING,OR TAKING OFF FROM STOP . CITY DRIVING . ON COLD MORNINGS IT ALSO RIDES HARD ON WHEELS AND HIGHWAY IS HESITANT. TRY'S TO STALL. AT 70 MILES A HOUR. DOES NOT HEAT CAR ADEQUATELY. THIS AT 20 DEGREES.
I JUST BOUGHT MY FIRST BRAND NEW CAR JUNE 6, 2015. I HAVE ONLY MADE 1 CAR PAYMENT AND ON 7/23/15 I GO TO GET IN MY CAR AND IT WILL NOT START HAD SEVERAL MESSAGES ON THE DASH SO LOOKED IN THE MANUAL AND IT SAID CALL DEALERSHIP AND I DID. AFTER CALLING THEM 5 TIMES IN A ROW THE OWNER ANSWERED AND I EXPLAINED WHAT THE CAR WAS READING AND THAT IT WOULDN'T START SO HE SAID HIM AND A MECHANIC WOULD BE THERE IN A MINUTE. I ONLY WORK 5 MINS.AWAY. THEY ARRIVED AND SAID THEY HAD NEVER SEEN THAT DISPLAYED BEFORE. MECHANIC TOOK A LOOK AT IT AND PLAYED WITH THE WIRING FOR ABOUT 20 MINS AND IT STARTED THEY SAID IF IT DOES IT AGAIN BRING IT IN AND THEY WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT. BUT THE NEXT MORNING I DROVE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM TO CHECK IT OUT AND GO AHEAD AND DO MY 1000 MILES SERVICE CHECK SINCE I WAS AT 982 MILES. NO PROBLEM WE WILL HAVE IT READY LATER TODAY, NEVER HEARD FROM THEM SO THE FOLLOWING MONDAY MY HUSBAND CALLED AND THEY TOLD HIM IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AND THEY WERE TRYING TO GET ME A NEW ONE PUT IN BUT WAITING ON APPROVAL, THEY GOT THE APPROVAL AND PUT IN A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION SO THEY SAID. AUG. 5, 2015 STILL HADN'T HEARD ANYTHING SO MY HUSBAND CALLED AGAIN AND IT WAS READY SO HE WENT AND PICKED UP MY CAR. IT HAD 1100 MILES ON IT AND 1/2 TANK OF GAS SO THEY HAD PUT 117 MILES ON MY CAR. 8/6/15 IT STARTED DRIVING KIND OF ROUGH, NOT WANTING TO EXHILARATE AND MAKING A SQUEALING NOISE FROM TIME TO TIME. SO ON 8/11/15 I HAD TO TAKE MY CAR BACK UP TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THEM TO CHECK IT OUT. THEY WERE GOING TO KEEP IT OVER NIGHT AND CALL US IN THE MORNING. THEY HAD NO LOANER CARS TO GIVE US THIS TIME SO WE HAD TO GO TO ENTERPRISE AND PAY $50.00 DEPOSIT AND MAKE SURE THE CAR IS FULL WHEN WE RETURN IT.
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