2003 Mitsubishi Outlander Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors) Problems

“Since the second year since I've owned this car the temperature control knob has been frozen. The only way you can turn the knob is to have a mechanic manually turn the knob underneath the vehicle. Mitsubishi motors admitted this was a design flaw in 2002 to 2007 Mitsubishi lancers and outlanders. I have called Mitsubishi many times and sent letters of complaints but they will not do anything about it but leave the vehicles owner in what can be a dangerous situations. …”

“Hvac knob has always been hard to turn from heat to cool, but it has now completely broken. If you turn it to heat it bounces back to cool. I have no heater or defrost! I was quoted $1,500 to fix the problem because the HVAC cable and door are stuck shut. The dealer knew my exact problem and the part number off the top off his head! He said it is a very common problem, but they don't recall it because it isn't a safety hazard. I don't see how this is so. …”

“I purchased my 2003 Mitsubishi Outlander in february, 2013 with 104,000 miles on it. At first everything seemed fine, but after 2 weeks the back end of the car on the passenger side squeaks and makes lots of noise. At first it would only do it a little but it got worse and worse within a couple weeks it constantly makes noise, which is very annoying. I think the dealership must have done a quick cheap fix on it so when I test drove it, it would not do it until it was purchased. …”

“The issue began in 2004 when my vehicle was 1 year old. The temperature control knob became frozen and you could not turn it from heat to air conditioning or the other way. I spent $23,000 on this car and you could not turn from air conditioning to heat at will only a mechanic can manually turn it underneath the vehicle and then only put it on hot or cold. One time I was driving 600 miles for an emergency with the knob stuck on air conditioning and I was not able to turn it to heat. It was below freezing temperatures and the window fogged up because I was not able to put the defroster on. …”

“I own a Mitsubishi 2003 Outlander - the heating cooling knob is very hard to turn and eventually broke off - I spent over $300 to fix it - they installed a $150.00 part but said I would need a more extensive fix to get the knob to turn from heating to cooling. That would cost over $1500 also to turn it I have to get down on the floor and push on a part under the heating system - this is dangerous with a risk of burns because it gets hot down there. …”