2015 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport · symptom sheet
Transmission shudders, slips or shifts hard
- 59owner reports
- 51,021median miles
- 0involved a crash
Newest report Mar 4, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
115 of the 180 complaints on this car are about the transmission and drivetrain. 59 of those describe transmission shudder, which makes it the most reported problem on the 2015 Outlander Sport.
Narrower sheets: Transmission hesitates when accelerating (35 reports)
Tick what matches of 59 reports
Transmission shudder on other Outlander Sport years
No other Outlander Sport model year has enough reports of transmission shudder for a sheet of its own. See every Outlander Sport year.
What this problem usually is
This is the biggest drivetrain group on the site: a transmission that shudders, slips, hesitates or bangs into gear. It's the everyday version of transmission trouble, where the car still drives but doesn't drive right, and it has three narrower sheets of its own for jerking, hesitation and slipping.
What got replaced
Few of these reports name the part that was replaced.
Recalls and investigations
2 recalls on the transmission and drivetrain cover the 2015 model year. A recall on the same system isn't always the same failure, so read the defect text.
The affected vehicles are equipped with a constant velocity transmission (CVT) that, in certain driving conditions, may cause a delay in the vehicle accelerating.
During assembly, a clamp for a CVT hose may not have been properly secured, allowing the hose to detach and leak transmission fluid.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 17,000 and 86,429 miles, from the 44 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 7 service bulletins or notices for the 2015 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport that deal with this problem. Newest first.
Federal rules make a manufacturer send NHTSA a copy of any notice about a defect that goes to more than one dealer or owner. Most of these are service bulletins, the repair instructions manufacturers send to dealers. NHTSA generally leaves safety recall bulletins out of this file, and recalls are listed separately.
Service Manual Revision - This Technical Service Bulletin instructs dealers to diagnose and test drive vehicles exhibiting a shudder or surge condition possibly caused by poor reaction of the hydraulic pressure circuit.
This Technical Service Bulletin was sent to dealers directing them to diagnose and test drive customer vehicles with F1CJC/W1CJC (CVT-8) transmissions that may exhibit a shudder or surge condition possibly caused by a poor reaction of the hydraulic pressure ...
Certain vehicles with F1CJC/W1CJC (CVT-8) transmissions may exhibit a shudder or surge condition possibly caused by poor reaction of the hydraulic pressure circuit.
This is a Technical Service Bulletin, sent to dealers, to provide instructions for diagnosing and test driving vehicles with shudder/surge condition and/or DTC.
3 more on the 2015 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport page.
What owners wrote
“Hesitation when accelerating. Has stalled while driving. Has come to a complete stop when put in reverse.”
Filed Mar 4, 2026
“Car jerks like itâs losing power when pulling off, not sure if itâs transmission issue or engine issue”
Filed Feb 9, 2026
“The car started using more fuel, hesitatingly, slipping gears wouldnât go in gear, died while driving.”
Filed Apr 2, 2024
“Hesitation when pressing the accelerator. This is a recall that affects 2015-2016 Outlander Sports but according to my vin it isn't needed on this car. I regularly will slow to make a turn or to a stop light and when i try to go it can take 0.5-5.5 seconds before the car will actually move. This has led to a dozen times where i have almost been in an accident because of it.”
Filed Oct 17, 2023
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 0 of 59 reports involved a crash. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.
Guide Paid for this repair before a recall covered it? How recall reimbursement works
Other problems on this car
- Engine stalls or loses power while driving 35 reports