2013 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport problems
NHTSA has received 59 complaints about the 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport, and 19% of them involve air bags. After that come electrical system (19%) and body & structure (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 59 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 19% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 5 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 6 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 66,000 miles 40 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 5 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 9 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 11 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 7 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 40 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 66,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 5 complaints mention a crash; 6 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2013 ranks 8th most-complained-about out of 10 model years of the Mitsubishi Outlander Sport with enough data (27 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 10 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 mitsubishi outlander sport. The contact stated that while driving at 45 MPH, another vehicle failed to yield. As a result, the contact crashed into the rear passenger's side of the vehicle and the air bags failed to deploy. The driver and front passenger sustained minor bruises that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a towing yard but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure.
Takata recall I was involved in a head on motor vehicle collision in my 2013 outlander sport. Although at the time of impact I was traveling on the highway doing between 45-55 MPH, and the impact area of my vehicle was all front end, not one single airbag deployed. I suffered injuries to my neck and chest that I feel could have been avoided had my airbags deployed at the time of impact.
In 2020 I got a recall for engine support from Mitsubishi. We took it in and told me that the support was find that I didn’t need to be replace even tho the recall called for it. They ended up putting rust paint on the support. 4 weeks ago that part broke on my wife when she was driving down the road. The steering wheel was taken out of my wife’s hand while driving. She was able to get the off the road safely. But sprained her wrist. When I found the broken part on the car. I call Mitsubishi themself.
-electric lock button did not respond. -unlock button on key did not respond. -on pushing start button, console cycled through every warning available, in this order: 'close fuel cap lid', 'electrical system service required', 'brake system service required' , 'ACC service required', 'rbs service required', 'close hood', 'engine overheating stop safely', 'limited driving mode', 'asc system service required', '4wd system service required', 'ldw system service required 'ev system service required stop safely the…
The catalytic converter was recalled and replaced in november of 2017, but now the exhaust manifold is rusted from the inside which caused bits to break off and fall into the new catalytic converter. Now the exhaust manifold needs to be replaced (there are only 4 parts in the nation for this??) and the new, less than a year old, catalytic converter has to be cleaned out of all the rusty metal bits.