2019 Mitsubishi Outlander problems
NHTSA has received 46 complaints about the 2019 Mitsubishi Outlander, and 20% of them involve brakes. After that come air bags (15%) and electrical system (15%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 46 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 20% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 8 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 6 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 15,000 miles 23 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 | 12 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 7 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 23 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 15,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 8 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 6 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 90% 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 2019 ranks 12th most-complained-about out of 21 model years of the Mitsubishi Outlander with enough data (38 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 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 waiting in red light between sunrise blvd and us1 when a vehicle in wrong way crash my vehicle in the front. The wheel air bag deployed wrong. I saw the right part of the air bag flat while the left part was fine. It caused injures in my chin and tongue, 5 ribs, in the right part of my body, broken and sternum broken too. Causing possible cinturilla in my heart and bruises in my lunges.
I am reporting a safety concern involving complete airbag non-deployment in a frontal collision. On January 9, 2026 I was involved in a frontal collision while driving my Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. The impact caused significant front-end damage, and the vehicle was subsequently deemed a total loss by the other driver’s insurance company. None of the airbags deployed, including the driver and passenger frontal airbags. There were no airbag warning lights or system alerts illuminated prior to the collision.
Tl* the contact owns a 2019 mitsubishi outlander. While driving approximately 45 MPH, a pebble struck the passenger side of the windshield and fractured the entire front windshield. The vehicle was repaired. While the vehicle was at a car wash, the sun roof suddenly shattered inwardly with a loud banging noise. The contact sustained injuries to the left forearm and right ear. The passenger sustained injuries to the head and forehead. Medical attention was received.
The contact owned a 2019 Mitsubishi Outlander. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked and turned off, a fire occurred near the engine compartment. The fire was extinguished by the fire department. A fire report was filed, and a fire report number was provided. The cause of the failure was possibly determined to be electrical or engine-related. A police report was also filed, and a report number was provided to the contact. The vehicle was destroyed. The dealer was not contacted.
I purchased my vehicle 11/3/19, traded in my 2016 mitsubishi for 2019 mitsubishi outlander. 3 days later my lights went out and I took the car to victory mitsubishi dealership in the bronx and they said it was a loose fuse. They tighted the fuse and my lights came on. On 11/26/19, I was on the cross bronx high way in traffic and drove but could not stop the car. My brakes failed. I got off the highway and called the police and geico.