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	1,886	4,578
Model years covered	2003–2026	2000–2026
Worst model year	2022	2021
Best model year	2006	2007
Crashes reported	195	190
Fires reported	20	236
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 79 208 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%

BMW X5 by year

37 215 136 134 93 109 221 119 319 203 190 395 374 215 130 203 113 111 101 274 159 166 118 48 253 107 35

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 914 20.0%

Airbags 628 13.7%

Electrical System 546 11.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 433 9.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 403 8.8%

Brakes 309 6.7%

Other & Unspecified 279 6.1%

Steering 138 3.0%