2014 Mitsubishi Outlander problems
NHTSA has received 58 complaints about the 2014 Mitsubishi Outlander, and 21% of them involve air bags. After that come seat belts (14%) and drivetrain & axles (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 58 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 21% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 13 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 11 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 23,000 miles 49 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 | 22 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 7 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 3 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 8 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 5 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 49 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 23,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 13 complaints mention a crash; 11 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 92% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2014 ranks 8th most-complained-about out of 21 model years of the Mitsubishi Outlander with enough data (46 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 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.
I was recently in a wreck and my cars air bags did not deploy and my seat belts did not lock in. I was sitting stationary as the traffic in front of me had stopped to allow someone to turn. All of a sudden a car smashed into my rear end. All passengers in the car and myself were thrown forward. The seat belts did not lock us in safely. I hit my steering wheel and left panel near windshield. The passenger hit the sun visor above his head.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 mitsubishi outlander. The contact stated that while driving at 40 MPH, another vehicle crashed into the front driver side door of the contact's vehicle. As a result, the contact lost control and crashed into a light pole. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained back, shoulder, and neck injuries that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to an independent lot. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure.
While driving the fcm, (front crash mitigation), and ACC, (adapter cruise control), lights came on with message "service required". I took the car to the dealer they could find nothing wrong. A month later they came on again, the dealer could find nothing wrong. The next time the lights came on it was "airbag service required". I took the car to the dealer, they diagnosed the ECU going bad. Now, when a light comes on, which is often, I don't have any idea if something is really not working.