2022 Mitsubishi Outlander problems: recalls, complaints and whether this is a year to avoid

Is 2022 a good year for the Mitsubishi Outlander?

The spread across this nameplate is wide: the 2015 draws 8 times the complaints of the 2019. On a run like that the model year you buy matters more than the badge, and 2022 sits near the top of it.

Older years have been on the road longer and collect more complaints for that reason alone, and a year that sold in higher volume collects more while being no worse.

This retrieval holds 13 of the nameplate’s model years. 2021 is absent, which means no records came back for it — not that it was clean. The ranking above is among the years shown.

The 2022 accounts for 19% of every complaint filed against the Mitsubishi Outlander in this retrieval, which works out to 54.0 complaints per year on the road across the 4 years since it was sold new — the figure to compare against other years, because it removes the advantage a newer car gets simply from having had less time to accumulate reports.

Complaints rose sharply against the preceding year: the 2022 carries 7.0 times the reports of the 2020. A jump that size between consecutive years usually means something changed in the car rather than in how many were sold, and it is worth asking a seller what was done to this one.

Which recalls cover the 2022?

NHTSA records 7 recall entries against the 2022 Mitsubishi Outlander. The campaign text for this year was not part of the stored sample — check the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls, which is the only way to know whether a specific car’s campaigns were carried out.

What do owners report on the Mitsubishi Outlander?

Across every Mitsubishi Outlander year, not the 2022 alone — NHTSA does not split component totals by model year.

• Power Train — 260 reports
• Electrical System — 130 reports
• Structure — 103 reports
• Unknown or Other — 98 reports

Which other Mitsubishi Outlander years should you compare?

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If you are deciding between years, the table above is the short answer and the Mitsubishi Outlander page carries the full run with the component breakdown. Before money changes hands, run the VIN for open recalls and read the inspection checklist — ten minutes in the seller’s driveway finds most of what matters.