Mitsubishi Outlander vs Buick Regal

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	Buick Regal
Complaints on file	1,874	4,456
Model years covered	2003–2026	1978–2020
Worst model year	2022	1996
Best model year	2006	2004
Crashes reported	192	227
Fires reported	20	335
Injuries reported	106	169
Deaths reported	0	5
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	17%	16.5%

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%

Buick Regal by year

1 3 1 4 6 10 14 28 181 150 107 303 204 118 146 218 273 174 376 301 245 229 150 139 94 8 1 1 2 441 138 137 51 50 61 26 33 29 3

78 79 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

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

What breaks

Brakes 867 19.5%

Engine & Cooling 811 18.2%

Electrical System 591 13.3%

Steering 325 7.3%

Lights 241 5.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 210 4.7%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 172 3.9%

Airbags 149 3.3%