2007 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER Complaints

WHEN OPERATING SAID VEHICLE, THERE WAS A LOUD BANG FROM THE LEFT FRONT. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS DETERMINED THE LEFT FRONT SPRING HAD CRACKED. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO NEAREST SHOP FOR REPAIR. WE LATER FOUND OUT THERE WAS WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR THIS PART. HOWEVER WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED BY MITSUBISHI OF THIS KNOWN DEFECT. WE CONTACTED MITSUBISHI NUMEROUS TIMES SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT SINCE PART FAILED UNDER WARRANTY. THEY REFUSED TO PAY. WE MET ALL OF THE RULES AS SPECIFIED UNDER THE WARRANTY EXTENSION NOTICE. MITSUBISHI FAILED TO PAY FOR THIS KNOWN FAILED PART. I TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO DETERMINE WHY WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS ISSUE. MITSUBISHI OFFERED NO HELP.

I WAS LEAVING WORK WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG COME FROM THE FRONT END. I PULLED OVER AND COULD SEE THE FRONT COIL SPRING ON MY DRIVERS SIDE WAS BROKEN. I PARKED IT UNTIL I COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. I FOUND OUT THAT MITSUBISHI EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 120000 MILES I HAD 123995. I CALLED THE MITSUBISHI PARTS DEPARTMENT NEAR MY AREA AND THEY HAD A SET, I TOLD THEM I WANTED TO FIND OUT IF MITSUBISHI WOULD HONOR THE WARRANTY SINCE THE MILEAGE WAS SO CLOSE, BEFORE I PAID FOR THEM. IT TOOK MITSUBISHI A COUPLE OF DAYS TO GET BACK TO ME. THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I ASKED IF THEY WOULD PAY FOR THE SPRINGS AND I WOULD DO THE LABOR MYSELF, THEY TOLD ME NO. I CALLED THE PARTS DEPARTMENT BACK THEY HAD ALREADY SOLD THE ONES THEY HAD IN STOCK. IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY HAD TO ORDER THEM AND THEY WERE ON BACK ORDER (IT TOOK 2 WEEKS TO GET THEM). WHEN THE PARTS FINALLY CAME IN I GOT BOTH FRONT SPRINGS BECAUSE I WAS TOLD YOU SHOULD REPLACE BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. IT WAS A GOOD THING I ORDERED THEM BOTH BECAUSE THE DAY I WENT TO INSTALL THEM, I LOOKED AND NOTICED THE PASSENGER SIDE HAD BROKEN WHILE THE CAR WAS JUST SITTING THERE AND THE CRAZY THING IS BOTH SPRINGS HAD BROKEN IN THE EXACT SAME PLACE. MITSUBISHI MUST HAVE A DATA BASE AND KNOWS PRETTY CLOSE TO WHEN THE SPRINGS ARE GOING TO BREAK AND MADE THE WARRANTY JUST SHY OF WHEN THEY WOULD BREAK. I JUST SEEMS THE ODDS OF BOTH SPRINGS BREAKING AT ALMOST THE EXACT SAME TIME IS ASTRONOMICAL. I KEPT THE SPRINGS IN CASE ANYBODY NEEDS TO SEE THEM. I ALSO LOOKED ON LINE AND FOUND QUITE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM ALL OVER THE USA AND CANADA AND DOESN'T SEEM TO MATTER IF IT'S IN A COLD OR WARM STATE. MOST ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS WERE AFTER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. MITSUBISHI SHOULD DO A RECALL BECAUSE IT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF IT HAPPENS AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.

SPEEDOMETER IS IMPOSSIBLE TO READ UNDER CERTAIN LIGHTING CONDITIONS- ALSO WISH TO KNOW IF THE AIR BAG IS BEING RECALLED. THERE IS A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN BACKING UP WITH THE STEERING WHEEL TURNED. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE HUB BEARINGS TWICE AND IT IS STILL MAKING THIS NOISE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER. WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING, STRUTS, AND SWAY BAR LINKS WERE FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,789.

THE YOKE THAT IS PART OF THE FRAME THAT HOLDS UP THE FRONT STEERING ASSEMBLY RUSTED THROUGH AND DOES NOT SUPPORT THE STEERING ASSEMBLY THE WAY IT SHOULD. THE CAR IS ONLY 7-1/2 YEARS OLD AND THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED. THERE WERE ONLY TWO REPLACEMENTS TO BE FOUND IN THE COUNTRY. ONE WAS A USED ONE FROM THE"SOUTH" SOMEWHERE, AND THE SECOND A NEW ONE FROM A MITSUBISHI WAREHOUSE IN CALIFORNIA. THE ESTIMATE FOR REPAIR IS ABOUT $1400. THE DEALER I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM WAS NO HELP. IT SEEMS THAT SINCE THERE ARE VERY FEW REPLACEMENT PARTS IN THE U.S. THIS MAY BE A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM FOR THESE VEHICLE. THE REPLACEMENT PART IS USED ON SEVERAL MODEL YEARS OF THIS VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL SOUND NEAR THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE SUBFRAME WAS CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,221.

IN APRIL 2014 MITSUBISHI SENT OUT A SERVICE BULLETIN TSB-14-33-002 EXTENDING THE WARRANTY TO 9 YEARS/120,000 MILES ON OUR 2007 OUTLANDER AS THEY HAD "DETERMINED THAT THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS ON YOUR VEHICLE TO CORRODE FROM PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO ANTI-FREEZING AGENTS.....WHICH MAY CAUSE THE SPRING TO FRACTURE.". AT 151,281 MILES MY DAUGHTER WAS BACKING OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY, HEARD A VERY LOUD "CRACK" OR "SNAP" IN THE FRONT OF THE CAR WHILE SHE TURNED TO DRIVE AWAY. WE DROVE IT TO A NEARBY GARAGE WHO DETERMINED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE INDEED FRACTURED. WE SPENT $1176.48 GETTING THE PARTS REPLACED. FORTUNATELY FOR US OUR DAUGHTER WAS NOT AT A HIGHWAY RATE OF SPEED OR WE ARE CERTAIN SHE COULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND HURT. I HAVE CALLED MITSUBISHI FOR A REFUND, BUT SINCE THE MILEAGE WAS OVER THEIR "VOLUNTARY WARRANTY EXTENSION" THEY WILL NOT REIMBURSE ME. IT IS CLEAR TO ME THAT MITSUBISHI HAS ACKNOWLEDGED A SAFETY ISSUE (POSSIBLY TO APPEASE NHTSA?) AND THEY ARE HIDING BEHIND A TECHNICALITY (SINCE I AM CIRCA 30,000 MILES PAST THE "EXTENDED WARRANTY") AND NOT STANDING BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT - A PRODUCT WHICH THEY HAVE KNOWINGLY ACKNOWLEDGED A SAFETY DEFECT WITH THE COIL SPRINGS. MITSUBISHI SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO REIMBURSE ME, AND ALSO TO RECALL THE AFFECTED VEHICLES AND REPLACE THE AFFECTED COMPONENTS AT THEIR COST AS THEY KNOW THEY HAVE VEHICLES RUNNING DOWN THE ROAD WITH BAD COIL SPRINGS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. *JS

SEVERAL ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, MY STEERING WHEEL HAS INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL OUTAGES. THIS EFFECTS THE CRUISE CONTROL SET BUTTON, THE VOICE CONNECT BUTTON. MY REAR PASSENGER WINDOW GETS JERKY WITH AN UP OR DOWN MOTION CAUSING THE WINDOW TO COME OUT OF ITS POSITION AND GET STUCK. MY FRONT INSIDE LIGHTS EITHER WORK OR DON'T, DEPENDING ON THEIR MOOD. MY SPEAKERS COME IN AND OUT ALSO WHEN THEY WANT- IF ITS A SONG THEY LIKE, THEY'LL WORK. ALSO, WHEN MY CAR IS RUNNING AND IN PARK, MY REAR LIGHTS ON THE DRIVER SIDE DON'T COME ON. ONCE IT IS IN DRIVE OR REVERSE, THEY DO... OH AND MY WINDSHIELD CRACKS FROM UNDER THE EDGE WHERE IT CONNECTS TO THE CAR? *TR

MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN RECALLED. MITSUBISHI INSISTS I TAKE IT TO ONE OF THEIR DEALERSHIPS. THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP IS 228 MILES AND 3.5 HOURS ROUNDTRIP. I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD ALLOW ME TO GO A DIFFERENT LOCAL DEALERSHIP THAT IS 20 MINS. ROUNDTRIP TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND THAT THEY SHOULD PAY FOR IT AS WELL. IT IS THEIR MISTAKE WHY DO I HAVE TO PAY FOR IT WITH MY TIME AND MONEY? PLEASE HELP. *TR

MITSUBISHI HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THIS VEHICLES FRONT COIL SPRINGS TO 120,000 MILES OR 9 YEARS (WHICHEVER COMES FIRST). MY FRONT COIL SPRINGS WENT BAD AT 120,500 AND MITSUBISHI REFUSES TO MAKE THE NECESSARY REPAIR TO THEIR DEFECTIVE PARTS. THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS, ACCORDING TO MITSUBISHI HAVE A "POTENTIAL" TO "CORRODE FROM PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO ANTI-FREEZING AGENTS (SUCH AS CALCIUM CHLORIDE) USED IN COLD WEATHER AREAS TO CLEAR ICE AND SNOW FROM ROADWAYS". I DO LIVE IN OHIO AND WE HAVE A LOT OF SNOW HERE, BUT UPON SEARCHING ONLINE I HAVE FOUND THAT MANY OTHERS WHO DO NOT LIVE OR TRAVEL TO AREAS WHERE ROADS NEED TO BE SALTED (E.G. TEXAS, FLORIDA) HAVE ALSO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. ALSO, IF ALTERNATIVE FRONT COIL SPRINGS DO NOT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CORRODE UNDER THESE CONDITIONS, SHOULD MITSUBISHI NOT BE LIABLE FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMERS WITH THESE SATISFACTORY PARTS REGARDLESS OF MILEAGE? IT SEEMS TO BE UNIVERSAL AND IT IS MY BELIEF THAT MITSUBISHI PUT OUT A VEHICLE WITH A DEFECTIVE PART THAT THEY ARE NOW REFUSING TO RECALL. THEIR NEGLIGENCE IN THIS MATTER IS NOT FAIR TO CONSUMERS WHO PAY FOR QUALITY VEHICLES WITH QUALITY PARTS.