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Transmission and drivetrainPart report

2018 Mitsubishi Outlander Phev Transmission and drivetrain Problems

Complaints
5about this part
Share
33%of 15 total for the year
Median mileage
10,328miles
Trend
Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.

NHTSA recorded 5 complaints about the transmission and drivetrain of the 2018 Mitsubishi Outlander Phev, 33% of the 15 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 10,328 miles. 1 of these say a crash was involved and 1 a fire, according to the filers.

Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“I picked up the car from the body shop code on dashboard EV system service required no gas or battery so went to gas station and vehicle wouldn't go into park went home called my wife and had her come outside she had to put gas in. Then drove to the dealership I had my wife get out and go get help she came out with a salesman. He saw what was going on so he called the manager and asked him what to do. He told him to take the car and give me a loaner. The only way to switch was emergency brake. Wouldn't go into park/neutral. …”

NHTSA complaint #11287561, filed 2019-12, 10,330 miles

“Parked on a 25% graded pointing down hill, when I tried to start the outlander, the screen produced a rbs error. The gas based engine would not start. The EV motors seemed to come on with very little power. When I called mitsubisi to tow the car they said, ouote that doesn't normally start this soon , this tells me they know there is a problem. My phev has been in the shop since monday, I'm being told they reset the check engine light error and they don't see a problem. This is not a fix. I took pictures after I restarted it the third time. …”

NHTSA complaint #11142788, filed 2018-10, 1,600 miles

“Started up the car and started backing up out of my garage. When I put my car into reverse I saw my charging port door open on the passenger side of the car at this point my cars back end was partially sticking out of the garage I put the car into park by pushing the park button, I opened the door got out of the car and left the door open and started to walk down the driver side towards the back end of the car I got outside the garage right next to the rear driver side tail light, and the car went into reverse and drove out of the garage it took the door and bent it back to the driver side…”

NHTSA complaint #11287508, filed 2019-12, 10,328 miles

“Started vehicle and immediately got multiple warnings including the service engine soon light. When I tried to drive the car, it had almost no acceleration. It would not start the gas engine and the regenerative braking was disabled. The rbs and acc warnings were due to the systems being disabled because the hybrid system was non functional. It was all on electric but at a severely reduced power level. I tried to turn off and turn on the car a few times but there was no change. I decided to try to plug the car into the charger for a minute to see if that would reset it, and it seemed to help. …”

NHTSA complaint #11197057, filed 2019-04, 3,547 miles

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Transmission and drivetrain: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2018533%

Other parts of the 2018 Mitsubishi Outlander Phev

Brakes
4 complaints
Electrical system
4 complaints
Vehicle speed control
4 complaints
Fuel system
3 complaints
Other or unknown
3 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
2 complaints
Electronic stability control
1 complaints
Engine
1 complaints
Exterior lighting
1 complaints
Seats
1 complaints
Body and structure
1 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2018 Mitsubishi Outlander Phev

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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