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2019 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport

Every safety complaint, recall and defect investigation the US government holds on this vehicle.

26

Complaints

5

Crashes

0

Fires

5

Injuries

0

Deaths

Owners of the 2019 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport have filed 26 safety complaints with NHTSA between November 2019 and June 2026. The most complained-about system is the power train, named in 7 of them (27%). The typical failure was reported at 31,550 miles, the median across the 8 complaints that gave an odometer reading.

NHTSA has issued 1 recall covering this vehicle.

Recalls (1)

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE

22V563000 · August 2, 2022

The defect
Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) is recalling certain 2019-2022 Outlander Sport vehicles equipped with continuously variable transmissions and mechanical key ignition systems. A software error in the transmission control unit (CVT-ECU) may incorrectly reduce the transmission gear ratio at high speeds, which can result in an engine stall.
The risk
An engine stall can increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will update the CVT-ECU software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 24, 2022. Owners may contact MMNA customer service at 1-888-648-7820. MMNA's number for this recall is SR-22-004.

Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. · up to 76,508 vehicles across all model years covered

What owners report

Complaints naming each system. One complaint can name several, so these add up to more than 26.

POWER TRAIN 7 27%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER 7 27%
AIR BAGS 6 23%
ENGINE 5 19%
SERVICE BRAKES 3 12%
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 3 12%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 2 8%
STRUCTURE 2 8%
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 4%
SEAT BELTS 1 4%
STEERING 1 4%
SUSPENSION 1 4%

When the complaints arrived

By the year NHTSA received them, which is not the year the failures happened. They peaked in 2025 at 6.

2019 2025 2026
2019 to 2026, the last of them a part year

In owners' own words

Quoted from NHTSA's complaint file. These are unverified accounts by the people who filed them, not findings of fault.

AIR BAGS

2 injured · crash · towed

I got an accirdent Jan 9,2025 and my car was totally wreck. Im in body pain and therapy right now and in working status report because of my situation. The airbag didnt deployed at the time of accident. Mitsubishi outlander has 7 airbags , but nothing has comes out. This is very dangerous. God is really works for miracles coz me and my daughter are alive even were having pain in our body. I have photo and video inside and out of vehicle that airbags didnt deployed.

NHTSA complaint 11636114. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

SERVICE BRAKES

1 injured · crash · towed · 9,000 miles

BRAKE ACTIVATED AND AT A COMPLETE STOP, THEN THE CAR STARTED MOVING FROM A COMPLETE STOP WHILE FOOT IS ALL THE WAY ON THE BRAKE. CAR DID NOT REGISTER SPEED AT THIS TIME.

NHTSA complaint 11291068. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

AIR BAGS

1 injured · crash

Black Nissan exterior driving recklessly, weaving in and out of traffic brake, checking several cars cut me off. Break check the FedEx truck in front of me twice. Was able to Veer to the right, avoiding directful impact with the FedEx truck in front of me. Airbags did not deploy, and my head cracked. The windshield seat belt was on as I had bruising on my ribs and across my chest from the seat belt

NHTSA complaint 11744573. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

1 injured

My car is stalling, shaking, shuddering, not accelerating and downshifting while I am on the highway almost killing me while attempting to inch my way across the lanes to the shoulder. With NO WARNING my vehicle completely broke down with my children in the car one is Non Verbal and on the Autism Spectrum with a serious heart condition- I myself am clinically diagnosed with PTSD and the terror I have experienced is absolutely devastating! I have made multiple calls with no help and no assistance whatsoever!

NHTSA complaint 11714737. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Car has stopped in middle of the road and engine just stalled. The battery light keeps flashing on and off even after alternator as been changed

NHTSA complaint 11724277. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

AIR BAGS

crash · towed

Airbags did not deploy.

NHTSA complaint 11681863. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I bought this car from market place face book , the seller deleted his account. After the sale, so I felt suspicious and search in the google using rhe vin number and found out the mileage on VIN check page doesn’t match the number in the car

NHTSA complaint 11653584. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WITHIN 16,000 MILES OF OWNING MY I NOTICED IT WOULD RANDOMLY STALL SOMETIMES AT THE STOP LIGHT OF AN INTERSECTION. IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG TO START BACK UP EVEN ACCELERATING . SEVERAL MONTHS WENT BY WHERE THE ISSUE WAS NO LONGER PRESENT BUT OVER THE PAST FEW MONTH IT STARTED AGAIN. I GET TUNE UPS TWICE A YEAR

NHTSA complaint 11646639. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

Compare

Other years of the Mitsubishi Outlander Sport

Model year Complaints Recalls Deaths
2022 11 1 —
2021 17 1 —
2020 26 1 —
2018 21 2 —
2016 26 8 —
2015 182 9 —
2014 40 6 —
2013 42 10 —
2012 14 6 1
2011 30 10 —

Other 2019 Mitsubishi models

Outlander 29 Eclipse Cross 13

Every Mitsubishi on this site — 45 vehicles, 119 recall campaigns and 0 open investigation s.

If this is your car and a dealer keeps failing to fix it, your state's lemon law may require the manufacturer to replace it or buy it back. What each state asks for , read from the statutes.

Where these numbers come from

A complaint is one owner's account and has not been verified by NHTSA or by us. A vehicle with more complaints is not necessarily worse: models that sold in larger numbers collect more of them. How this is counted.

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