2015 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport

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.

VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND AFTER STOPPING IT WOULD START TO GO THEN HESITATE AND STOP. WE COULD HAVE BEEN HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC IT DID GO AFTER CONTINUALLY PRESSING DEPRESSING ACCELERATOR. VEHICLE HAS DONE THIS 4 TIMES YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT MIGHT HAPPEN. IT HAS ONLY HAPPENED AFTER STOPPING THEN ATTEMPTING TO GO AGAIN ENGINE IS RUNNING FINE PRIOR TO AND AFTER IT GOES AGAIN. VEHICLE HAS ONLY 3000 MILES ON IT.

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.

SEVERAL INSTANCES WHERE ACCELERATION FAILED MOMENTARILY WERE FOLLOWED BY A RECALL. SEVERAL WEEKS AFTER THE ISSUE WAS 'CORRECTED", ACCELERATION FAILED TO GENERATE A SPEED PAST 30 MPH FOR A FEW MOMENTS, THEN 25 MPH, AND I BARELY MANAGED TO GET BACK AT HOME AT NO MORE THAN 20 MPH. EVERY TIME I STEPPED ON THE GAS, IT CAUSED ACCELERATION TO DECREASE UNTIL I STOPPED AND COASTED AT 20.

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.

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.

MY SON HAD SCHEDULE A DRIVING TEST AND WAS FAILED BECAUSE THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS NOT WORKING, I DID EXPLAIN TO THIS PERSON THAT THE CAR IS NEW. I TESTED MY SELF AND REALIZE THAT IT DOES NOT STOP THE CAR EVEN WHEN GOING ON 5 MPH. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND MAKE THE FORMAL COMPLAINT, THEY SEND THE CAR TO BE CHECK AND CAME TO ME STATEN THAT IT WAS WORKING PERFECT!! I REFUSE THEIR EXPLANATION AND FINALLY THEY SUBGESTED TO TEST OTHER VEHICLE SAME AS MINE TO WHAT I AGREE TO FIND OUT IF WORKS THE SAME OR NOT. TO MY SURPRISE IT DID THE SAME THINK... IT DIDN'T STOP THE VEHICLE AND YES SLOWLY REDUCE THE SPEED...NJ DMV REQUIRE FOR ANY VEHICLE TO BE USE TO TAKE THE TEST, FOR THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE CAR COMPLETELY AND TO MY BELIEVE I DO AGREE WITH THEM... WHAT IS THE SENSE OF HAVING A EMERGENCY BRAKE IF IT DOES NOT STOP THE CAR??? PLEASE , EMERGENCY BRAKES ARE A LIFE OR DEAD SITUATION. THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. I DO HAVE THE RECEIVE THE DEALER GAVE ME WHEN CHECK FOR THE PROBLEM. I CAN FAX TO YOU IF NEED IT.