20V279000
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
A detached front control arm can result in a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.
2012 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT
6 safety recall campaigns, 18 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns6
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints18
Complaints citing a crash3
Complaints citing a fire0
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 6 of 6
18V103000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES
Loss of wiper function can reduce visibility and increase the risk of a crash.
18V069000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
If the drive belt detaches, the battery will discharge and the engine will stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
16V867000
STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE
If the outer tube corrodes, there may be a rapid loss of the gas used to provide lift assistance, causing the lift gate to fall suddenly, increasing the risk of injury.
16V792000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
Failure of the wiper motor can cause a loss of visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.
12V001000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
THE TURN SIGNAL MAY CONTINUE TO SIGNAL AN INTENDED DIRECTIONAL CHANGE AFTER A POINT WHEN THE AUTO-CANCEL FUNCTION, IF OPERATING PROPERLY, WOULD HAVE TERMINATED THE SIGNAL. A FOLLOWING OR ONCOMING DRIVER MAY RECEIVE INACCURATE INDICATIONS OF THE VEHICLE OPERATOR'S INTENDED MANEUVERS, THEREBY INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH BETWEEN VEHICLES DUE TO IMPROPER VEHICLE SIGNALING.
What owners report most
- 6AIR BAGS
- 2ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 2ENGINE
- 2VISIBILITY/WIPER
- 2SUSPENSION
- 1STRUCTURE
- 1STRUCTURE:BODY
- 1ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2012 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORTs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.