2009 Mitsubishi Outlander problems
NHTSA has received 61 complaints about the 2009 Mitsubishi Outlander, and 15% of them involve wipers, windshield & visibility. After that come engine (11%) and drivetrain & axles (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 61 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 15% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 5 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 84,000 miles 32 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 | 4 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 7 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 7 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 4 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 32 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 84,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 5 complaints mention a crash; 3 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2009 ranks 17th most-complained-about out of 21 model years of the Mitsubishi Outlander with enough data (20 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 13 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.
My vehicle was hit from the side, spun around in the street and thrown into a metal steel fence, my air bags did not deploy. I suffered serious injuries from the accident.
"takata recall" I was involved in a collision in which totaled my car. The front was completely smashed and torn apart. The problem is... My air bags never deployed during this accident and we were hit while doing 35MPH. I was informed that airbags deploy in car accidents if going more then 10MPH or depending on where you are hit.
Tl*the contact owns a 2009 mitsubishi outlander. While driving 25 MPH, the gears would shift abnormally without driver intent and they would often cause the vehicle to decrease in speed without depressing the brake pedal. The dealer could not duplicate the failure and advised the contact to bring the vehicle back if the failure recurred. On a separate occasion, while approaching a traffic light at speeds of 25 MPH, she depressed the brakes and the vehicle rapidly accelerated.
I was driving on the highway at 70 MPH and without warning both of my low beam lights went out. I checked fuses and the next time I used the car the lights worked. My wife used the car one night and was driving on a dark country road and the lights once again went out without warning. She was very upset and returned home immediately. Luckily she was not too far from home. I found a recall for the 2009 outlander that sounded just like of my problem (sr-15-002; etacs ECU).
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 mitsubishi outlander. While driving 50 MPH, the vehicle vibrated violently. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer and manufacturer were not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 171,240.