AutoUtility currently tracks 7 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2023 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport. Driver Assistance & Safety Tech issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 4 complaints (57.1% of submitted records). Zero crashes, fires, injury reports, or fatality reports are cited across these complaint records.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 7 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Driver Assistance & Safety Tech (4 reports • 57.1% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Brakes & Traction Control (3), Electrical System (3)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 0 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Reporting Methodology: Statistics describe unverified consumer submissions voluntarily filed with NHTSA. Complaint volume is not normalized for vehicle sales volume or miles driven. Multiple components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission.
Total Complaints
7
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
0
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2023 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport

Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records

#1 Problem Area 57.1% of complaints

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

4 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#2 Problem Area 42.9% of complaints

Brakes & Traction Control

3 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#3 Problem Area 42.9% of complaints

Electrical System

3 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#4 Problem Area 14.3% of complaints

Powertrain & Transmission

1 owner complaint submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#5 Problem Area 14.3% of complaints

Visibility, Wipers & Glass

1 owner complaint submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
Domain Share Note: Share percentage represents the proportion of unique complaint filings referencing each vehicle system. Because single complaints may cite multiple systems (such as engine and electrical simultaneously), domain percentages represent individual category incidence and may sum to over 100%.

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2023 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport

Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11741040
Filed: 05/30/2026

"The rear backup camera on this vehicle is excessively dim and difficult to see under normal daylight and ambient lighting conditions. The camera image is so dark that it significantly impairs the ability to detect obstacles, pedestrians, and other hazards behind the vehicle when reversing. This is..."

Incident Date: 05/11/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: BACK OVER PREVENTION
Brakes & Traction Control NHTSA ODI ID: #11738062
Filed: 05/15/2026

"Each time for the last year and a half that I have taken my car in for service or just stopped in and showed them that my radio is saying overheated current, they would test it and say that they couldn't recreate the error despite me showing that it would not connect my phone to the car or charge...."

Incident Date: 01/30/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES
Brakes & Traction Control NHTSA ODI ID: #11677268
Filed: 07/30/2025

"I am unsure of the proper name of the component with issues. There are several little issues but the main is, I believe it would be a software issue... Basically, on several different occasions (4) while driving at 60 mph and over, the vehicle suddenly stalled and shut off completely with no..."

Incident Date: 06/25/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11595999
Filed: 06/23/2024

"Back up camera view is not clear, unreliable sixty percent of the time. Not able to see pedestrians or objects clearly or the distance from the vehicle. Twenty percent of the times it is clouded so dark it useless. Twenty percent of the time it is clear. Safety of others is at risk. Problem was..."

Incident Date: 11/12/2023 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY/WIPER,BACK OVER PREVENTION
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11553178
Filed: 11/02/2023

"The contact owns a 2023 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds the warning message "Camera is not Connected" was randomly displayed. Additionally, while in reverse in the daytime, the back over prevention camera image was extremely distorted in bright..."

Incident Date: 07/15/2023 • Raw NHTSA Component: BACK OVER PREVENTION
Consumer Narrative Notice: Excerpts are sanitized text descriptions submitted by vehicle owners to the federal ODI database. They reflect the reporting consumer's observations at the time of filing and have not been independently confirmed by vehicle manufacturers or government investigators.

Complaint History for Mitsubishi Outlander Sport

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2015–2026)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2015 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport 232 6 9 View 2015 Problems →
2016 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport 163 9 8 View 2016 Problems →
2017 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport 73 11 0 View 2017 Problems →
2018 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport 21 4 2 View 2018 Problems →
2019 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport 47 9 1 View 2019 Problems →
2020 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport 26 1 1 View 2020 Problems →
2021 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport 17 0 1 View 2021 Problems →
2022 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport 11 0 1 View 2022 Problems →
2023 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport Current Page 7 0 0 Current
2024 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport 1 0 0 View 2024 Problems →
2025 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport 1 1 0 View 2025 Problems →
2026 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport 0 0 0 View 2026 Problems →
Comparative Disclaimer: Complaint totals are unadjusted historical counts and are not normalized for vehicles sold, active fleet size, or total road mileage. Newer model years naturally have had less calendar exposure time to accumulate owner filings.

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2023 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 6 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Back Over Prevention / Camera NHTSA category: BACK OVER PREVENTION 2 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY/WIPER,BACK OVER PREVENTION 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
Data Attribution & Reporting Methodology: Complaints are unverified voluntary submissions to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Because multiple vehicle components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission, component-level rollups may sum to more than the unique complaint count (7). Injury and fatality entries in the detailed table reflect raw values entered by reporting consumers across individual submissions; they are not deduplicated casualty statistics and may include duplicate or unverified entries. Complaint volume is not normalized for sales volume or vehicle mileage and does not represent an audited component failure rate.
Official US Government Data Provenance

The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.

Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.