2014 Mitsubishi Outlander Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CVT WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND "OVERHEATING PLEASE SLOW DOWN" APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PARK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR THIRTY MINUTES TO WAIT FOR THE WARNING INDICATOR TO TURN OFF BEFORE RESTARTING THE VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING UP A HILL, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT EXCEED 30 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO COLONIAL MITSUBISHI (300 MYERS DR, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA 22901, (888) 833-2507) WHERE THE CVT WAS RESET. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSITION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED FOR A SECOND TIME TO POMOCO MITSUBISHI HAMPTON (LOCATED AT 4206 W MERCURY BLVD, HAMPTON, VA 23666, (757) 890-8800) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSITION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 133,609.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER. WHILE DRIVING, A MESSAGE FLASHED INDICATING TO SLOW DOWN BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WAS OVERHEATING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V563000 (POWER TRAIN); ALTHOUGH, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE SAME FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000.

FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT CANNOT BE RETRACTED. UNDER 60K MILES. VEHICLE HANDLED WITH GREAT CARE THROUGHOUT.

I PLACED MY CHILD IN THE CAR SEAT IN THE REAR SEAT OF THE VEHICLE. IT WAS A WARM DAY SO ONCE SHE WAS SAFELY FASTENED, I STARTED THE CAR TO RUN THE AIR CONDITIONER. IT HAS A KEYLESS START AND THE KEYS WERE IN MY POCKET. ONCE THE CAR WAS STARTED, I GOT OUT TO GO BACK TO THE BACK SEAT WITH MY DAUGHTER WHILE WE WAITED ON MY WIFE, WHO WAS STILL IN THE RESTAURANT PAYING THE BILL. WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE CAR, THE KEYS WERE STILL IN MY POCKET. I CLOSED THE DRIVER DOOR. IT STARTED BEEPING BECAUSE THE KEYS WERE NOT PRESENT (THEY WERE IN MY POCKET, NOT THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE). THIS CAUSED THE DOORS TO LOCK. I TRIED TO OPEN ALL OF THE DOORS, THEY WERE ALL LOCKED. THE KEY FOB WOULD NOT UNLOCK THE DOORS. I PRESSED THE BUTTON ON THE KEY FOB TO RELEASE THE MANUAL KEY. I INSTERTED IT INTO THE KEY HOLE AND TURNED. IT WOULD NOT RESPOND. NONE OF THE BUTTONS WOULD RESPOND. MANUAL KEY APPEARS TO ALSO BE ELECTRONIC. MY 16 MONTH OLD CHILD WAS LOCKED IN THE RUNNING CAR ALONE. MY WIFE CAME OUT AND WAS TRYIN...

AT JUST UNDER 60,000 MILES, THE REAR BACK UP CAMERA STOPPED WORKING, RESULTING IN A SAFETY HAZARD WHILE BACKING UP. WHEN I CONTACTED THE DEALER, I WAS TOLD THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE ISSUE, BUT IT'S COMMONLY IN THE STEREO HEAD UNIT, WHICH IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, AND WOULD NOT LOOK AT IT AS THEY SAID IT'S COSTLY , UP TO $800 TO REPLACE THE HEAD UNIT.