GEO Prizm vs Mitsubishi Outlander

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	GEO Prizm	Mitsubishi Outlander
Complaints on file	795	1,886
Model years covered	1990–2002	2003–2026
Worst model year	1994	2022
Best model year	1998	2006
Crashes reported	197	195
Fires reported	25	20
Injuries reported	138	106
Deaths reported	2	0
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	45.5%	17%

GEO Prizm by year

54 72 75 95 173 130 68 63 11 33 9 9 3

90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Airbags 177 22.3%

Seat Belts 107 13.5%

Engine & Cooling 66 8.3%

Body & Structure 66 8.3%

Brakes 60 7.5%

Electrical System 52 6.5%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 43 5.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 37 4.7%

Mitsubishi Outlander by year

149 73 26 25 175 80 61 76 88 34 34 58 79 208 81 81 46 46 317 77 45 20 7

03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 182 9.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 181 9.6%

Suspension 173 9.2%

Electrical System 165 8.7%

Body & Structure 157 8.3%

Other & Unspecified 144 7.6%

Brakes 124 6.6%

Airbags 109 5.8%