Mitsubishi Outlander vs BMW X5

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	Mitsubishi Outlander	BMW X5
Complaints on file	1,874	4,530
Model years covered	2003–2026	2000–2026
Worst model year	2022	2021
Best model year	2006	2007
Crashes reported	192	189
Fires reported	20	234
Injuries reported	106	142
Deaths reported	0	7
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	17%	12.6%

Mitsubishi Outlander by year

149 73 26 25 175 80 61 76 88 34 34 58 79 205 81 80 46 46 315 71 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 180 9.6%

Suspension 172 9.2%

Electrical System 165 8.8%

Body & Structure 156 8.3%

Other & Unspecified 144 7.7%

Brakes 123 6.6%

Airbags 109 5.8%

BMW X5 by year

37 215 136 134 93 109 221 119 319 203 190 395 374 215 130 199 110 111 100 267 151 158 111 48 250 105 30

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 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 902 19.9%

Airbags 628 13.9%

Electrical System 538 11.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 426 9.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 400 8.8%

Brakes 308 6.8%

Other & Unspecified 275 6.1%

Steering 136 3.0%