2015 Mitsubishi Outlander Power Train

ON 3/2/2016 I WAS IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC ON I-71 IN COLUMBUS OHIO. THE CAR AHEAD OF ME MOVED UP SO I PROCEEDED TO MOVE UP AS WELL. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE, GENTLY PRESSED THE ACCELLERATOR AND THE CAR INITIALLY BEGAN TO MOVE, THEN LOST POWER TO THE DRIVE WHEELS THEN REENGAGED WITH A JERK. I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED FROM THE CAR BEHIND BE BECAUSE THEY HAD NO WARNING THAT MY CAR WAS GOING TO ESSENTIALLY STOP MOVING FORWARD. THIS IS THE 2'ND REPORT THAT I HAVE MADE ON THIS WEBSITE FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE FIRST TIME THE CAR HAD ABOUT 3,500 MILES ON IT AND THIS TIME IT HAD ABOUT 8,700. AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TO COMPLETE A RECALL FOR THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROGRAM AND THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM BUT CLEARLY IT DIDN'T. I WILL BE TAKING THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER TO LET THEM LOOK AT IT AGAIN BUT I AM NOW SCARED TO DRIVE THIS CAR. IN ORDER FOR VEHICLES TO BE SAFE THEY MUST BE PREDICTABLE AND THIS CARS ACCELLERATION FROM A STOP IS NOT PREDICTABLE. THE FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE ISN'T THAT HIGH BUT IT ONLY TAKES 1 OCCURRENCE WHEN THERE ARE OTHER VEHICLES INVOLVED TO POSSIBLY LOOSE YOUR LIFE. MY STATE HAS A LEMON LAW FOR NEW VEHICLES SO I PLAN TO INITIATE THE PROCESS, MY LIFE IS WORTH MORE TO ME THAN IT APPEARS TO BE WORTH TO MITSUBISHI.

MY CAR HAD THE SAFETY RECALL FIXED, THE COMPUTER FOR THE SLOW ACCELERATION. SINCE THEN, THE SHIFTING HAS BEEN OFF. ANYTIME YOU SPEED UP, THE RPM'S GO VERY HIGH UNTIL YOU LET YOUR FOOT OFF THE GAS. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE ENGINE/TRANSMISSION IS GOING TO EXPLODE. I'VE TRIED TO HAVE THE DEALER FIX, THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. MITSUBISHI SAYS THE DEALER TOLD THEM THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. SO, IT'S JUST SUPPOSED TO RUN AT A HIGH RPM ANYTIME I SPEED UP? WILL THAT NOT CAUSE DAMAGE? THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM.

I PURCHASED MY 2015 OUTLANDER SPORT SUV AFTER OWNING A MONTERO SPORT AND LOVING IT FOR OVER 12 YEARS. I NOTICED WITHIN A MONTH THAT WHEN I WOULD START OFF FROM A STOPLIGHT, MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD JUMP LIKE IT WAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. DURING THIS JUMP, MY SUV WOULD SLOW DOWN AND NOT ACCELERATE. WHEN IT DID KICK IN, IT WOULD JERK ME FORWARD. I NOW UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR ARE MANY EXPERIENCING THIS SAME ISSUE AND HAVE A REPAIR APPOINTMENT IN 2 DAYS. I SURE HOPE THIS REPAIR TAKES CARE OF THE ISSUE OR THE NHTSA WILL TAKE STEPS TO INSURE THAT CONSUMERS ARE SAFE DRIVING ON OUR USA ROADS. *TR

I AM ALSO EXPERIENCING VEHICLE HESITATION FROM A COMPLETE STOP OR A SLOW DOWN. I BOUGHT IT WITH ONLY 6 MILES ON IT. THE PROBLEM STARTED WITH ABOUT 500 MILES ON MY VEHICLE. IT NOW HAS 1,200 AND IS STILL DOING IT. FROM A COMPLETE STOP, IT WILL NOT ALWAYS GO WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS PUSHED AND WHEN IT DOES GO, IT JERKS LIKE IT JUST SHIFTED INTO GEAR. THAT HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES JUST TODAY. A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WHEN I SLOWED DOWN TO TURN RIGHT, I WAS ABLE TO MAKE THE TURN WITH MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR BUT AS SOON AS I TRIED TO SPEED UP, IT WOULD NOT MOVE. I HAD CARS BEHIND ME AND WAS LUCKY I DIDN'T GET REAR-ENDED. I HAD TO COAST INTO A PARKING LOT WHERE THE ACCELERATOR STARTED WORKING AGAIN. IT IS INTERMITTENT AND CANNOT BE REPRODUCED ON DEMAND, SO THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO HELP WITH THIS. I WAS IN TO THE DEALER YESTERDAY AND WAS TOLD THEY HOOKED IT UP TO THE COMPUTER AND TOOK IT FOR A TEST DRIVE AND EVERYTHING SEEMS FINE. THEY TOLD ME TO BRING IT BACK IN RIGHT AWAY IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN. I CALLED TODAY TO TELL THEM IT HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES AND THEY CAN'T GET ME IN FOR OVER A WEEK TO LOOK AT IT. BY THAT TIME IT PROBABLY WON'T BE HAPPENING AGAIN. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. I'M SCARED TO DRIVE IT BUT IT'S MY ONLY VEHICLE. I HAVEN'T EVEN MADE MY FIRST PAYMENT ON IT YET. I FEEL LIKE I GOT A LEMON THAT NOBODY WANTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR.

MY 2015 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT HAS ALSO SEEMED TO HESITATE AFTER COMING TO A STOP AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE AGAIN. I'D HAVE TO PUSH THE GAS AGAIN TO GO. A SLIGHT JERK FEEL. I BOUGHT IT IN MARCH 2015 AND IT'S DONE THIS SINCE MAY WITH ONLY AROUND 5000 MILES. I MOSTLY DRIVE HIGHWAY SO TO FEEL THIS WHEN YA COMING INTO A TOWN HAS ME CONCERNED. BUT OF COURSE BY THEN THE DEALER DOESN'T WANT TO TAKE THE CAR BACK. THE DEALER SEES NOTHING WRONG BUT I'M SURE WITH ALL OF US POSTING THE SAME COMMON ISSUE, THERE IS SOMETHING DEFINITELY WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. GUESS I'M STUCK WITH THE WORRY UNTIL I CAN TRADE IT IN.

TRANSMISSION BROKE DOWN AFTER ABOUT 17000 MILES FROM A PROGRAMMING PROBLEM FROM THE MANUFACTURER. REPLACED TRANSMISSION AND STILL HAVING PROBLEMS. CAR IS STILL IN SHOP AND THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 30 DAYS AGO. I DID GET CAR FOR A WEEK AND HAD TO RETURN IT BACK TO THE SHOP.

ON 12/13/2015 I WAS AT A ONE WAY STOP INTERSECTION AND AS I PROCEEDED TO ACCELERATE THROUGH THE INTERSECTION THE VEHICLE LOST POWER TO THE DRIVE WHEELS MOMENTARILY AND THEN REENGAGED WITH A JERK. IT FELT LIKE THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND THEN GRABBED OR REENGAGED. A FEW DAYS BEFORE THIS I HAD RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROGRAM REPLACED. I HAVE SINCE TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN FOR THE RECALL SERVICE AND ALSO REPORTED THE NEAR MISS DUE TO THE LOSS OF DRIVING POWER. THE RECALL SERVICE WAS PERFORMED AND THE DEALERSHIP FAILED TO REPRODUCE THE LOSS OF POWER OR IDENTIFY THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. SO FAR THIS FAILURE HAS ONLY HAPPENED ONCE BUT I WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. LOSS OF POWER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE THROUGH AN INTERSECTION TO ME IS OF SIGNIFICANT SAFETY CONCERN AND SHOULD BE GIVEN HIGH PRIORITY BY ALL. THE VEHICLE HAD ABOUT 3,500 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME OF THE LOSS OF POWER AND IS NOW AT 4,000.

MY 2015 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT 2.0 HAS 500 MILES ON IT AND IT HESITATES INTERMITTENTLY WHEN STARTING FROM INTERSECTIONS. IT FEELS LIKE SOMEONE PUT THE BREAKS ON BUT I THINK IT'S A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. I ALMOST GOT HIT TWICE ALREADY BECAUSE OF THIS. IT USUALLY DOES THIS WHEN MAKING A TURN.

TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING ON MY WIFE'S BRAND NEW 2015 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT. CAR HAS LESS THAN 10K MILES ON IT. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY ORDERED A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION TO INSTALL. VERY STRANGE THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD GO OUT THIS SOON. DEALERSHIP CLAIMED THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS PROBLEM BEFORE ON THE NEW OUTLANDERS.

VEHICLE HESITATES INTERMITTENTLY WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE THROUGH INTERSECTION , ENTERING ON HIGHWAY ECT...CAUSING RISK OF COLLISION

AT A LOW SPEED OR SLOWING DOWN THE TRANSMISSION WILL SHUTTER. THE LONGER YOU DRIVE THE MOR IT HAPPENS.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAD THE SAME ISSUE AS I DID WITH HESITATION AT LOW SPEEDS AND THE ENGINE RPM AT HIGHER SPEEDS - I RECEIVED THIS LETTER ON FRIDAY DECEMBER 4TH - PLEASE TAKE YOUR VEHICLES INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND GET THEM FIXED- YOU WILL NO LONGER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT - AND IT'S NOT THE INHIBITOR SWITCH.

TO MAKE A VERY LONG STORY SHORT I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT AND PRESSED THE GAS TO GO AND MY CAR WENT FORWARD THEN IT JUST STOPPED IT SEEMED LIKE IT WASN'T GETTING ENOUGH GAS - I PRESSED THE GAS PEDDLE FRANTICALLY BECAUSE I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION AND ALMOST GOT HIT. IT HAPPENED AGAIN IN MARCH - I FINALLY GOT THE DEALERSHIP TO TAKE MY CAR FOR A FEW DAYS THEY PUT A RECORDING DEVICE IN IT AND DROVE IT - THEY KEPT IT FOR OVER 30 DAYS AND IT FINALLY DID THE SAME THING TO THE MECHANIC THAT WAS DRIVING IT - THEY TOOK THE RECORDING INFORMATION AND SENT IT TO THE ENGINEERS AT THE MANUFACTURE AND TOLD ME THAT IT WAS THE INHIBITOR SWITCH - THEY REPLACED IT ON 4.21.15 AND ON 4.26.15 MY CAR DID THE SAME THING AGAIN - THIS TIME THE CAR THAT ALMOST HIT ME PULLED OVER I EXPLAINED TO HIM WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH MY CAR - I GOT HIS NAME AND # JUST IN CASE. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE BBB AND WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE - THEY CALLED ME AND GAVE ME THE PHONE NUMBER TO A LEMON LAW LAWYER WHO NOW IS HANDLING MY CASE. MY BRAND NEW CAR STILL ISN'T FIXED - I HAVE HEARD THAT THERE IS ANOTHER 2015 OUTLANDER SPORT IN FLORIDA DOING THE SAME THING. I HAVE LOOKED ON THE MANUFACTURE'S WEBSITE TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYONE ELSE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE OR IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS ON MY NEW CAR AND FOUND NOTHING. I'M SO GLAD I CAME TO THIS WEBSITE AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE MORE THAN JUST 2 NEW 2015 OUTLANDER SPORTS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. I TALKED TO AN OLD FRIEND OF MINE WHO HAS BEEN A MECHANIC FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND HE TOLD ME THAT IT MIGHT BE THE MAP SENSOR- MANIFOLD ABSOLUTE PRESSER OR THE KNOCK SENSOR.

THE SUV SEEMS TO MISS OR HESITATE WHEN SLOWING TO MAKE A TURN. IT FEELS LIKE IT SPUTTERS OR STICKS AT TIMES WHEN ACCELERATING OR SLOWING DOWN. IT USUALLY RIDES SMOOTH WHEN DRIVING AT A CONSTANT SPEED, BUT SORT OF JERKS WHEN ACCELERATION CHANGES. I WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS BECAUSE I WANT TO BE SURE THE PROBLEM WON'T CREATE A DRIVING HAZARD. *TR