Model Year Scorecard · NHTSA + EPA data

Mitsubishi model years compared

Every Mitsubishi model in the catalogue (1983–2026), with owner complaints, recall campaigns, urgent advisories and fatal-crash involvement summed across all model years. Open a model to see its years side by side and the best and worst year called out.

9,455
Owner complaints
filed with NHTSA, most on the Eclipse
163
Recall campaigns
distinct NHTSA campaigns, most on the Outlander
1
Urgent advisories
do-not-drive & park-outside campaigns
1,471
Fatal-crash vehicles
FARS census, 2020 onward, exact

Mitsubishi models ranked by complaints

Mitsubishi models ranked by NHTSA owner complaints across all model years
Model Years Complaints Recalls Urgent Fatal (FARS) MPG
Eclipse 1990–2012 (23)
2,135
30 131 21.2
Galant 1985–2012 (28)
1,789
24 169 20.7
Outlander 2003–2026 (24)
1,312
39 295 24.8
Lancer 2002–2017 (16)
865
14 229 23.1
Montero 1983–2019 (36)
783
16 19 15.1
Mirage 1985–2024 (29)
701
11 147 30.8
Diamante 1992–2004 (13)
505
7 9 18.3
Outlander Sport 2011–2026 (16)
474
26 206 25.3
Montero Sport 1997–2023 (25)
348
4 71 17.3
Endeavor 2004–2011 (8)
295
12 56 17.8
Raider 2006–2009 (4)
99
5 1 13 15
Eclipse Cross 2018–2026 (8)
59
2 42 25.9
Mirage G4 2017–2026 (10)
54
1 83 37
Outlander PHEV 2018–2026 (9)
20
8 25.9
i-MiEV 2012–2017 (4)
14
7 1 112
RVR 2011–2026 (16)
2
ASX catalogue only 2013–2015 (3)
Grandis catalogue only 2007–2009 (3)
L200 catalogue only 2008–2026 (19)
Space Star catalogue only 2003–2004 (2)
Xpander catalogue only 2022–2025 (4)

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Sources. Owner complaints, recall campaigns and advisories are from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation datasets; fatal-crash vehicles from FARS; fuel economy from the EPA. VehDB sums them per model; the figures are not VehDB's own findings.

How to read it. Complaints and recalls are summed over every catalogue year of the model, so long-running best-sellers rank high on volume alone; the model page ranks each year against other vehicles of the same model year, which is the fairer read. Urgent counts do-not-drive and park-outside campaigns. Fatal (FARS) is a census of vehicles in fatal crashes from 2020 onward, exact, and is never mixed with CRSS estimates. MPG is the EPA combined average across the model's trims. Sources are U.S. public domain; nothing here is a verified defect finding.