2013 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT Recalls — Canada & USA

The 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport has 10 recalls, the most serious involving a front control arm that can detach from the vehicle, causing a sudden and complete loss of steering control. On the chassis and suspension side, a stabilizer link bracket on the left front strut can break free and strike the tire or brake line, making the vehicle harder to steer and longer to stop. The parking brake is also affected: water can enter the rear brake calipers and corrode the actuator shafts, leaving the parking brake unable to fully engage or release. There is also a seatbelt concern on certain vehicles where a front passenger lap belt attachment bolt may not be tightened to spec and can loosen over time, leaving the passenger underrestrained in a crash. On leather-seat models, the driver airbag wiring may have been routed incorrectly during seat cover installation, and adjusting seat height can damage the wiring, disabling the airbag system. The liftgate struts on some vehicles can corrode and lose gas pressure suddenly, dropping the hatch without warning. Brake lights on a narrow production window of vehicles may not illuminate properly, leaving following drivers unaware the car is slowing. Two overlapping recalls address wiper failure from water intrusion: the wiper linkage ball joint and the wiper motor can both corrode and fail, eliminating forward visibility in rain. Finally, certain AWD models may be missing a fuel sensor component, causing a falsely high fuel gauge reading that can lead to the engine stalling unexpectedly.