AutoUtility currently tracks 46 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2023 Mitsubishi Outlander. Electrical System issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 11 complaints (23.9% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 2 filings cite a crash, 2 report one or more injuries.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 46 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Electrical System (11 reports • 23.9% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Fuel & Propulsion System (8), Driver Assistance & Safety Tech (6)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 2 filings
  • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 2 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
46
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
2
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
2
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2023 Mitsubishi Outlander

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

#1 Problem Area 23.9% of complaints

Electrical System

11 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#2 Problem Area 17.4% of complaints

Fuel & Propulsion System

8 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 1 crash report 🩹 2 injury report entries
#3 Problem Area 13% of complaints

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

6 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 2 official safety recall campaigns for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#4 Problem Area 10.9% of complaints

Air Bags & Restraints

5 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 1 crash report 🩹 1 injury report entry
#5 Problem Area 10.9% of complaints

Brakes & Traction Control

5 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 1 crash report 🩹 2 injury report entries
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

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

Electrical System NHTSA ODI ID: #11756554
Filed: 08/12/2026

"The camera does not activate when the car is put into reverse. It also doesn't activate when you are parking the car. The parking camera doesn't show on the screen at all. The recall on this item was repaired on my car but didn't fix the issue and the dealer refused to service it further without..."

Incident Date: 08/12/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Fuel & Propulsion System NHTSA ODI ID: #11756256
Filed: 08/11/2026

"Our vehicles gas door would not open to get gas. During the 2nd and 3rd repair they damaged our vehicle. Worst of all on the last repair they modified our gas tank. They said they took it off another vehicle. Mine was a locking door now it isn’t. Since this was done the vehicle smells of gas when..."

Incident Date: 05/26/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Wheels & Tires NHTSA ODI ID: #11754608
Filed: 08/03/2026

"While I was driving on 77 south in Charlotte nc rt before exit 11 I heard a scraping and rattling sound then a loud pop. My air pressure immediately came on and dropped to zero for the passenger rear tire. I got off and pulled to the side of the road until road side assistance was able to tow my..."

Incident Date: 08/01/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: TIRES
Fuel & Propulsion System NHTSA ODI ID: #11753657
Filed: 07/30/2026

"You ca. have gas in the car and it still just cut off and say no gas and it be gas in their"

Incident Date: 12/17/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Air Bags & Restraints NHTSA ODI ID: #11753656
Filed: 07/30/2026

"Hey I run over a pothole and. My tire went flat and then the air bag just came out that’s not supposed to happen just from a flat tire that’s a safety hazard"

Incident Date: 07/30/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS,WHEELS
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

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

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2015 Mitsubishi Outlander 234 7 5 View 2015 Problems →
2016 Mitsubishi Outlander 168 9 8 View 2016 Problems →
2017 Mitsubishi Outlander 51 7 6 View 2017 Problems →
2018 Mitsubishi Outlander 70 8 6 View 2018 Problems →
2019 Mitsubishi Outlander 30 5 5 View 2019 Problems →
2020 Mitsubishi Outlander 31 5 3 View 2020 Problems →
2021 Mitsubishi Outlander 0 0 2 View 2021 Problems →
2022 Mitsubishi Outlander 212 14 9 View 2022 Problems →
2023 Mitsubishi Outlander Current Page 46 2 2 Current
2024 Mitsubishi Outlander 26 3 1 View 2024 Problems →
2025 Mitsubishi Outlander 16 4 1 View 2025 Problems →
2026 Mitsubishi Outlander 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

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 27 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 4 0 0 0 0
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 4 0 0 0 0
Air Bags NHTSA category: AIR BAGS 3 1 0 1 0
Steering NHTSA category: STEERING 3 0 0 0 0
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 3 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 2 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 2 0 0 0 0
Engine NHTSA category: ENGINE 2 0 0 0 0
ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 2 0 0 0 0
Fuel & Propulsion System NHTSA category: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 2 0 0 0 0
Suspension NHTSA category: SUSPENSION 2 0 0 0 0
Tires NHTSA category: TIRES 2 0 0 0 0
AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS,WHEELS 1 0 0 0 0
AIR BAGS,WHEELS 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE,LANE DEPARTURE 1 0 0 0 0
Powertrain NHTSA category: POWER TRAIN 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,SERVICE BRAKES,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 1 0 2 0
Seats & Restraints NHTSA category: SEATS 1 0 0 0 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,SUSPENSION 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,POWER TRAIN 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES 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 (46). 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.