AutoUtility currently tracks 16 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2025 Mitsubishi Outlander. Driver Assistance & Safety Tech issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 7 complaints (43.8% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 4 filings cite a crash.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 16 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Driver Assistance & Safety Tech (7 reports • 43.8% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Electrical System (4), Air Bags & Restraints (3)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 4 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
16
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
4
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 2025 Mitsubishi Outlander

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

#1 Problem Area 43.8% of complaints

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

7 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign 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.
⚠️ 3 crash reports
#2 Problem Area 25% of complaints

Electrical System

4 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 2 crash reports
#3 Problem Area 18.8% of complaints

Air Bags & Restraints

3 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 1 crash report
#4 Problem Area 12.5% of complaints

Brakes & Traction Control

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 2 crash reports
#5 Problem Area 6.3% of complaints

Wheels & Tires

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 2025 Mitsubishi Outlander

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

Wheels & Tires NHTSA ODI ID: #11756047
Filed: 08/10/2026

"I rented this car from Drivo on July 17th. On the 21st we noticed the tire light. When we went to the garage to get this checked the two rear tires were bald, with the wires showing through the tires. We have photos of this, and a statement from the garage that the tires were in an..."

Incident Date: 07/20/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: TIRES
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11753257
Crash Cited Filed: 07/28/2026

"The contact owns a 2025 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. The contact stated that while driving approximately 25 MPH and pulling into the neighborhood through the slow-access gate, while the vehicle was approximately one foot from the gate, the brake pedal was depressed and the vehicle unintendedly..."

Incident Date: 07/18/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11743485
Filed: 06/11/2026

"When driving with the adaptive cruise control on, the cruise will shut off without notice at random times. The forward collision warning light then comes on. After driving for some time the light will go out and the adaptive cruise will work again. This repeats many times on a trip randomly. This..."

Incident Date: 11/29/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
Steering System NHTSA ODI ID: #11736172
Filed: 05/06/2026

"I was parked in a parking spot and when returned to my car and turned my car on a loud bang came from the front of the vehicle. Both of my front tires were facing inward. The drivers side front tie rod snapped with a clean break for no reason. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where after..."

Incident Date: 04/29/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: STEERING
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11736053
Filed: 05/06/2026

"Vehicle: 2025 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV I am filing this safety complaint regarding a recurring electrical/software defect in my 2025 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV affecting the backup camera display and infotainment screen. The backup camera screen repeatedly freezes and goes completely black while..."

Incident Date: 05/06/2026 • 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

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 46 2 2 View 2023 Problems →
2024 Mitsubishi Outlander 26 3 1 View 2024 Problems →
2025 Mitsubishi Outlander Current Page 16 4 1 Current
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 2025 Mitsubishi Outlander

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 13 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Forward Collision Avoidance NHTSA category: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 2 0 0 0 0
Seat Belts NHTSA category: SEAT BELTS 2 0 0 0 0
Vehicle Speed Control NHTSA category: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 2 1 0 0 0
Back Over Prevention / Camera NHTSA category: BACK OVER PREVENTION 1 0 0 0 0
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,AIR BAGS 1 1 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
Engine NHTSA category: ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
Fuel & Propulsion System NHTSA category: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 1 1 0 0 0
Steering NHTSA category: STEERING 1 0 0 0 0
Tires NHTSA category: TIRES 1 0 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 1 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 (16). 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.