Owners have filed 42 complaints
about the 2019 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport with NHTSA between 2019 and 2026.
The largest single group is the transmission & drivetrain.
Across this model's run it ranks 3 of 13 worst.
The letter says how bad. This says what kind — whether this year drew
an unusual number of complaints, unusually dangerous
ones, or failures that arrived unusually early.
The dashed ring is 50 — the national norm. Further out is worse.
Complaint volume — 37
Against the median year of the Mitsubishi Outlander Sport. 50 means typical for this
model; 100 means roughly double.
Severity — 100
38.1% of these complaints
involved a crash, fire, injury or death, against a national rate of
9.7%.
Early failure — 92
54% of failures with a mileage on record happened under
36,000 miles, against a national rate of
29%.
How 2019 compares with every other Mitsubishi Outlander Sport
Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade:
A
B
C
D
F
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What breaks on a 2019 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport
Every complaint is filed against a part. Follow any row for the complaints about that part alone.
Other & Unspecified
716.7%
Median failure at 16,550 miles
Transmission & Drivetrain
716.7%
Median failure at 90,000 miles
Airbags
614.3%
3 crashes, 0 fires · median 13,000 mi
Engine & Cooling
511.9%
Median failure at 111,000 miles
Acceleration & Cruise Control
37.1%
Brakes
37.1%
1 crashes, 0 fires · median 9,000 mi
Body & Structure
24.8%
1 crashes, 0 fires · median 7,000 mi
Electrical System
24.8%
Seat Belts
12.4%
Wheels
12.4%
Median failure at 26,100 miles
Tires
12.4%
Median failure at 26,100 miles
Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
12.4%
1 crashes, 0 fires
Fuel & Propulsion
12.4%
Suspension
12.4%
1 crashes, 0 fires · median 37,000 mi
Steering
12.4%
1 crashes, 0 fires · median 37,000 mi
When it fails
Odometer readings owners gave when they filed. About half of all
complaints include one.
1,000 – 9,999 miles
323.1%
10,000 – 24,999 miles
17.7%
25,000 – 49,999 miles
538.5%
50,000 – 74,999 miles
17.7%
75,000 – 99,999 miles
17.7%
100,000 – 149,999 miles
215.4%
When owners complained
A spike years after the car went on sale usually means a part wearing
out on schedule across the whole fleet — the kind of pattern no single
owner can see from inside their own car.
Nov 2019peak 4Jun 2026
Recalls on the 2019 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport
A complaint is one owner's allegation. A recall is the point at which
the manufacturer or a regulator agreed the defect is real and dangerous
enough to fix for free — however old the car is.
United States — NHTSA
22V563000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE
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.
Risk: An engine stall can increase the risk of a crash.
Reports where the owner recorded a crash, a fire, an injury or a death.
Fort Collins, COCrash1 injured
AIR BAGS
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 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Fort Collins, COCrash1 injured
STRUCTURE:BODY
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 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Fort Collins, COCrash1 injured
VISIBILITY/WIPER
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 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
San Antonio, TX1 injured
POWER TRAIN
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 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
San Antonio, TX1 injured
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
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 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
San Antonio, TX1 injured
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
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 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
The most recent complaints
In the owners' own words, exactly as filed with NHTSA.
Fort Collins, COCrash1 injured
AIR BAGS
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 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Fort Collins, COCrash1 injured
STRUCTURE:BODY
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 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Fort Collins, COCrash1 injured
VISIBILITY/WIPER
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 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Douglasville, GA
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 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Douglasville, GA
FUEL/PROPULSION 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 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
San Antonio, TX1 injured
POWER TRAIN
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 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
San Antonio, TX1 injured
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
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 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
San Antonio, TX1 injured
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
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 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Knoxville, TNCrash
AIR BAGS
Airbags did not deploy.
NHTSA complaint #11681863 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Keller, TX
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 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Los Angeles, CA
POWER TRAIN
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 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Los Angeles, CA
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 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Los Angeles, CA
ENGINE
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 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Winthrop, IA
POWER TRAIN
Took the car in for routine cvt fluid and filter change. Mechanic completed the task Took the vehicle for a road test and at highway speed the cvt transmission shifted to a higher gear and revved the motor rpms immediately over 6000 to 7000. Threw it into neutral and took back to the shop. It was diagnosed from their the transmission was ruined.
NHTSA complaint #11644423 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Peoria, AZ
ENGINE
Starter clicks, doesn't turn engine. Tried rotating engine, engine will not turn past a certain angle. Removed spark plugs for cylinder inspection. 1,2, and 3 ok. Cylinder 4 spark plug extremely difficult to remove. Ground strap has been impacted by debris. Borescope inspection shows two broken off exhaust valves laying on the piston. Valve cover removed to inspect timing chain and sprokets. Chain and sprokets are intact. Engine reassembled besides cylinder 4 spark plug and coil pack.
NHTSA complaint #11639533 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Hayward, CACrash2 injured
AIR BAGS
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 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Brooklyn, WI
SERVICE BRAKES
Rear brake calipers sticking constantly. Emergency brake also sticking or loosing tension.
NHTSA complaint #11627842 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Liberty, KY
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I bought this car used less than 30 days ago. It had 21362 miles on it. It made a weird nose when putting it into drive. Thought it might be a heatshield. Took it to a mitsubishi dealership for an outstanding recall. Ask them to check underneath. The exhaust pipe was rusted out. 3000 dollars to repair. The dealership didn't believe it cost that much so they used a mechanic they new to fix the issue 10/15/2024. We are not impressed with that repair. It seems the exhaust is not covered under the extended warranty. We feel that mitsubishi should cover this because they do have a warranty of 5-6 years for the exhaust system. A car with this low mileage should not already have the exhaust rusted out.
NHTSA complaint #11620585 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Douglasville, GA
AIR BAGS
Cannot remove key after car is off and in parked and engine lights keeps coming on and off throwing off a code making it hard for car to start sometimes
NHTSA complaint #11603556 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Douglasville, GA
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Cannot remove key after car is off and in parked and engine lights keeps coming on and off throwing off a code making it hard for car to start sometimes
NHTSA complaint #11603556 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Douglasville, GA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Cannot remove key after car is off and in parked and engine lights keeps coming on and off throwing off a code making it hard for car to start sometimes
NHTSA complaint #11603556 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Fountain Inn, SC, SC
ENGINE
Vehicle will not go into reverse from drive. Must put vehicle in park then to reverse or it won’t back up.
NHTSA complaint #11600094 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Miami, FL
POWER TRAIN
The contact owns a 2019 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V563000 (Power Train) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the dealer refused to perform the software update on the vehicle because the vehicle had a Salvage Title. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.
NHTSA complaint #11582974 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
at 90,000 milesWest Bridgewater, MA
POWER TRAIN
The contact owns a 2019 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport. The contact stated while driving approximately 60 MPH, the vehicle lost motive power and stalled. The contact stated that "Slow - Transmission Overheating" message was displayed. The contact drove the vehicle to the residence but was unable to exceed 25 MPH. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The contact was informed by a third party that the VIN was included in NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V563000 (Power Train) that might be related to the failure. The contact had not taken the vehicle to a dealer. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 90,000.
NHTSA complaint #11546623 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Astoria, NY
AIR BAGS
The lights for the air bags is on ,
NHTSA complaint #11543059 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.