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Mitsubishi Outlander Sport years to avoid
Years to avoid: 2015.
The 2015 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport draws the most owner complaints for its age: 180, or 15 for each year on the road, against a median of 3 a year across the 9 model years old enough to judge. The most reported problem on the 2015 is transmission shudder (59 reports).
- 180complaints
- 9recall campaigns
- 1model years with a page
Newest report Jul 20, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
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Owner complaints on file for each year.
Years to avoid
2015
Most reported: transmission shudder (59 reports, median 51,021 miles) and stalling (35 reports, median 48,900 miles).
Best years
- No year since 2016 is clearly better than the rest.
Complaints for each year on the road
Each model year's NHTSA complaints divided by the calendar years it has been on sale, counting this one (a 2018 model has had 9). Older cars have had longer to collect complaints, so raw totals flatter the new ones. Blue bars are the years to avoid.
Within one model, sales change less from year to year than they do between models, so a jump here is mostly a jump in problems. The call: the years to avoid are the (up to three) highest at 1.5 times the model's median rate or more, and the best are the (up to three) lowest at two thirds of it or less, from 2016 on.
Guide How much should a years-to-avoid list decide? What these lists get wrong
At a glance
- Where the complaints sit
- The 2015 has the most complaints of any Mitsubishi Outlander Sport year here: 180 of 180 (100%).
- Problem across the years
- Transmission shudder is the top problem in every model year with a page, 59 reports in all. Pooled across the years, half of the 44 owners who gave a mileage for transmission shudder were under about 51,000 miles.
- Crash, fire and injury reports
- 2% of Mitsubishi Outlander Sport complaints report a crash, a fire or an injury, against 6% for the typical vehicle on this site.
- Recalls on the top problem
- Every model year where owners report transmission shudder also has a recall on the same system. A recall on the same system doesn't always cover the failure owners describe, so compare its summary with the complaints.
- When owners filed
- Filings peaked in 2021 at 23 (full calendar years only). In 2025 there were 6. So far in 2026, 5 more have come in. Filings on record start in 2015.
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Model years with too few complaints for a page of their own: 2014 (41), 2016 (26), 2017 (27), 2018 (21), 2019 (26), 2020 (26), 2021 (19), 2022 (11).
Year by year
2015 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport avoid
180 owner complaints, 15 for each year on the road (4.8 times the model median). Most reported: transmission shudder (59 reports, median 51,021 miles), stalling (35 reports, median 48,900 miles) and transmission warning light (24 reports, median 97,558 miles). 2 reports involved a crash and 2 people were hurt. 9 recalls, including 16V-563 on the transmission and drivetrain and 16V-548 on the transmission and drivetrain.
Questions
What Mitsubishi Outlander Sport years should you avoid?
The 2015 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport draws the most owner complaints for its age: 180, or 15 for each year on the road, against a median of 3 a year across the 9 model years old enough to judge. The most reported problem on the 2015 is transmission shudder (59 reports).
What are the best years for the Mitsubishi Outlander Sport?
No Mitsubishi Outlander Sport model year since 2016 draws clearly fewer complaints for its age than the rest. Model years before 2016 aren't called best, because complaints filed before 2015 aren't in the files this site reads and their counts run short.
What is the most common problem on the Mitsubishi Outlander Sport?
Transmission shudder, with 59 reports across the 1 model years that have a page here. It's the single most reported problem on the 2015.
How many recalls does the Mitsubishi Outlander Sport have?
9 recall campaigns cover the Mitsubishi Outlander Sport model years 2015 on this site.
How many Mitsubishi Outlander Sport complaints involve a crash, fire or injury?
2% of them, against 6% for the typical vehicle on this site.
Is there a recall for transmission shudder on the Mitsubishi Outlander Sport?
Yes, on every model year where owners report it.