Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSPENSION | |||
| 09/02/2011 | 64000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2007 mitsubishi outlander. while the contact was driving in reverse, a loud banging noise was heard outside of the vehicle. the vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where they informed the contact that the front passenger side coil spring fractured and during the repair procedure, the front driver side coil spring fractured unexpectedly. both coil springs were replaced and the mechanic advised that both coil springs were defective due to a manufacturer design flaw. the manufacturer was made aware of the problem. the approximate failure mileage was 64,000. | |||
| 05/09/2007 | 4100 | 3 | 01/27/2007 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2007 mitsubishi outlander. while driving 10 mph, the vehicle stalled and shut off completely. the vehicle restarted, but would shut off again each time the brake was depressed. the vehicle was towed to the dealer who was unable to determine the cause of failure. the current mileage is 4,200 and failure mileage was 4,100. the consumers wife applied the brakes, but when she did the vehicle stopped abruptly and the engine shut down at the same time. when she restarted the vehicle, it hopped rather than rolling smoothly and the brakes locked up again without the engine shutting down. the brakes worked fine the first two times, then when the brakes were applied for the third time, they locked up and the engine shut down again. the dealer informed the consumer that problem maybe an abs ecu malfunction possibly in conjunction with the esc. the consumer also stated there was a problem with the left front suspension or bearing. updated 06/08/07. *jb | |||
| 02/21/2007 | 100 | 40 | 02/20/2007 |
| Loud knocking noise when making a sharp turn, such as turning into a parking spot. *jb | |||
| 02/02/2007 | 2 | 01/31/2007 | |
| 1. loud clunk noise when turning sharply 2. excessive wind noise, drivers side( per tech's findings. *nm | |||
| SUSPENSION - FRONT | |||
| 06/20/2007 | 50 | 1 | 06/06/2007 |
| Front suspension has a clunk everytime you turn and start from cero. radio, backlight is to low and is impossible to read it with sunlight in cold weather the vents for the a/c cycles every 15 seconds and headlight, interior light dim every time. people think you are changing lights when driving at night because of this cycling of vents going on with the a/c on. the system is not normal working. every outlander has the same issue. is kind of annoying to drive at night with the light dimming every 15 to 30 seconds. *tr | |||
| SUSPENSION - FRONT - WHEEL BEARING | |||
| 02/19/2007 | 100 | 1 | 02/17/2007 |
| Picked up brand new 2007 mitsubishi outlander on 2/27/07. within two days noticed a large banging structural noise when making sharp left hand turns out of parking spaces, etc. notified dealer. dealer said a problem with bearings and waiting for parts from japan. also noticed that something seems to be hitting brake pedal as well when making these same sort of turns. *jb | |||