13 complaints reported

2015 Mitsubishi Outlander UNKNOWN OR OTHER

Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.

Reports
13
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0

Complaint Timeline

Chronological view of owner reports

Jan 2025

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Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2015 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT, Manufacturer: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Incident: Jan 2025
Sep 2024

The backup camera view is not shown on the infotainment system. The screen goes blank. Checking the hidden menu, the backup camera view is available. This impacts reverse packing and hence safety of the pedestrians and passengers.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2015 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER, Manufacturer: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Incident: Aug 2024
Jan 2023

Transmission catastrophically failed while I was driving on the highway. The transmission fluid pressure sensor error code turned on. The transmission seemed to have a delay when accelerating and caused the vehicle to shake, shudder, and jerk in and out of gear. The car cannot get above 10MPH before the issue is present. A trusted and certified transmission specialist inspected the transmission and determined that it was dead and the initial failure led to other components to fail. Since there was a delay with the acceleration, it caused the car to accelerate a moment after I let off the gas pedal to apply brakes to avoid a potential collision with another vehicle. This seems to be so common of a failure it is harder to find another person who owns or drives this model that haven’t experienced the same exact problem. There is even a pending class action lawsuit in California against the manufacturer for allegedly selling their vehicles with the defective parts while knowing well the safety risk associated with the transmission.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2015 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT, Manufacturer: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Incident: Mar 2022
Aug 2022

There is metal in my transmission

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2015 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT, Manufacturer: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Incident: Aug 2022
Sep 2021

TRANSMISSION FAIL LESS THAN 75,000 MILES. CAR WAS IN MOTION.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2015 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT, Manufacturer: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Incident: Mar 2021
Mar 2021

TRANSMISSION IS NOT SHIFTING/WORKING

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2015 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT, Manufacturer: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Incident: Mar 2021
May 2020

ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO MY VEHICLE STARTED ACTING UP ON AND OFF. WHEN EVER MY A/C IS ON AND I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP LIKE A RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGNS MY TRUCK GETS TO JERKING, IDLING UP AND MAJORITY OF THE TIME IT SHUTS OFF. IT WILL STARTED BACK UP AFTER A FEW MINUTES BUT I WILL HAVE TO TURN EVERYTHING OFF LIKE HEAD LIGHTS, EMERGENCY FLASHES. ALSO IF I AM SITTING IN THE SITTING IN MY TRUCK WITH THE AIR RUNNING IT JERKS AND TRIES TO CUT OFF, UNLESS I TURN OF THE AC COMPRESSOR, JUST LIKE IF I COME TO A RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN, AS LONG AS I TURN OFF THE AC COMPRESSOR MY TRUCK WANT CUT OFF. NOW, IT WAS A COUPLE OF TIMES I WAS MAKING A TURN AND COMING OFF A GAS STATION LOT AND IT JUST OFF.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2015 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT, Manufacturer: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Incident: Jan 2020
Oct 2019

WHEN THE BACK WINDOWS ARE DOWN THERE IS A HORRIBLE VIBRATION NOISE. IT DOES NOT GO AWAY UNTIL THE WINDOWS ARE UP ALL THE WAY. IT'S ONLY WITH THE BACK WINDOWS AND IT'S VERY ANNOYING AND DISTRACTING. IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME THE BACK WINDOWS ARE DOWN, EVEN JUST ONE WINDOW DOWN IN THE REAR CAUSES THIS TO HAPPEN. I'M SURPRISED IT HASN'T CAUSED AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE IT'S SO VERY DISTRACTING!!!! VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE MOVING.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2015 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT, Manufacturer: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Incident: Jul 2019
May 2016

WHEN I TOOK MY CAR TO THE MISSION MITSUBUSI IN SAN ANTONIO TX. IN THE GLOVE BOX OF THE CAR WAS A WEDDING RING AND IT WAS STOLEN WHILE THEY DID THE OIL CHANGE. I WAS TOLD BY MANAGEMENT THAT SINCE IT WAS IN THE CAR, THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE. I ASKED DO THE YOUR PEOPLE ALWAYS GO INTO THE GLOVE BOX? HE SAID NO, BUT THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE. I REPORTED IT TO THE POLICE AND NOTHING HAPPEN. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CAR FROM THESE THIEVES.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2015 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER, Manufacturer: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Incident: Apr 2015
Apr 2016

JUST BOUGHT MY CAR 10 DAYS AGO WITH 3 MILES ON IT. TONIGHT WAS THE SECOND TIME IN HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH ACCELERATING AFTER COMING TO A STOP. TODAY REALLY SCARED ME BECAUSE MY BABY WAS WITH ME. CAR RUNS FINE, IDLES FINE, SHOWED NO DROP IN REMEMBER AT ANY TIME. AFTER STARTING FROM A COMPLETE STOP THE CAR BEGAN TO MOVE AND WOULDN'T MOVE ANYMORE UNTIL I TOOK MY FOOT OF THE GAS AND RE APPLIED THE GAS, IT HAD A BIT OF HESITATION FOR A SPLIT SECOND AND WENT LIKE IT NEVER HAPPENED. DROVE LIKE MY NEW CAR THE REST OF THE WAY HOME BOTH TIMES AFTER THIS HAS HAPPENED. HAVE HAD NO OTHER SIGNS OF AN ISSUE WITH ACCELERATINGREDIENTS BUT SURELY A MAJOR CONCERN OF GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT WITH THIS ISSUE. I HAVE CALLED THE DEALER AND WILL BE GOING INTO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TOMORROW, BUT AFTER READING THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS ISSUE AND MY CAR HAS LESS THAN 300 MILES ON IT I AM GOING TO SPEAK TO THE DEALERSHIP TOMORROW WITH OPTIONS OF TRADING IT

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2015 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER, Manufacturer: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Incident: Apr 2016
Oct 2015

DURING ACCELERATION, AN AT LOW SPEED, A STUMBLE OUR LACK OR ACCELERATION IS EXPERIENCING SOME ISSUES AN IT HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2015 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER, Manufacturer: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Incident: Oct 2015
Oct 2015

MY SON HAD SCHEDULE A DRIVING TEST AND WAS FAILED BECAUSE THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS NOT WORKING, I DID EXPLAIN TO THIS PERSON THAT THE CAR IS NEW. I TESTED MY SELF AND REALIZE THAT IT DOES NOT STOP THE CAR EVEN WHEN GOING ON 5 MPH. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND MAKE THE FORMAL COMPLAINT, THEY SEND THE CAR TO BE CHECK AND CAME TO ME STATEN THAT IT WAS WORKING PERFECT!! I REFUSE THEIR EXPLANATION AND FINALLY THEY SUBGESTED TO TEST OTHER VEHICLE SAME AS MINE TO WHAT I AGREE TO FIND OUT IF WORKS THE SAME OR NOT. TO MY SURPRISE IT DID THE SAME THINK... IT DIDN'T STOP THE VEHICLE AND YES SLOWLY REDUCE THE SPEED...NJ DMV REQUIRE FOR ANY VEHICLE TO BE USE TO TAKE THE TEST, FOR THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE CAR COMPLETELY AND TO MY BELIEVE I DO AGREE WITH THEM... WHAT IS THE SENSE OF HAVING A EMERGENCY BRAKE IF IT DOES NOT STOP THE CAR??? PLEASE , EMERGENCY BRAKES ARE A LIFE OR DEAD SITUATION. THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. I DO HAVE THE RECEIVE THE DEALER GAVE ME WHEN CHECK FOR THE PROBLEM. I CAN FAX TO YOU IF NEED IT.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2015 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT, Manufacturer: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Incident: Oct 2015
Aug 2015

VEHICLE JUST STALLED/STOP WHILE DRIVING.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2015 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER, Manufacturer: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Incident: Aug 2015

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The 2015 Mitsubishi Outlander has 13 UNKNOWN OR OTHER complaints on file. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.