Recall · 21V821000
Mitsubishi Motors North America recalled the MITSUBISHI Outlander over structure
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Vehicles covered
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Model
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Model years
October 18, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
- The defect
- Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) is recalling one 2022 Outlander vehicle. A software programming error with a welding robot may have caused the vehicle's center pillar to be welded incorrectly. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) numbers 214, "Side Impact Protection" 210, "Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages" and 216, "Roof Crush Resistance."
- What it can cause
- In the event of a crash, the reduced strength of the vehicle body may increase the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- MMNA will repurchase and replace the affected vehicle, free of charge. Owners may contact MMNA customer service at 1-888-648-7820. MMNA's number for this recall is SR-21-009.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| MitsubishiOutlander | 2022 | 2022 |
How this campaign compares
At 1 vehicle this is a small campaign: 100% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2022, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2021, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Mitsubishi vehicles have been recalled over the structure 3 times before this, most recently in May 2020 as 20V279000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 1 model year the campaign names. Their owners have filed 212 complaints with NHTSA, 7 of them before this campaign was filed. 75 of those name the structure, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 6 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V369000 (back over prevention), 23V345000 (back over prevention), 22V470000 (back over prevention), 22V335000 (seat belts).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. with NHTSA on October 18, 2021 as campaign 21V821000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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