Mitsubishi Motors The United States and Canada is remembering almost 200,000 Outlander and Outlander plug-in hybrid electrical SUVs since of malfunctioning software application that might make their rearview cams breakdown.
The car manufacturer stated in a National Highway Traffic Security Administration (NHTSA) remember report that the infotainment system inside over 198,900 Outlanders from design years 2022-2024 and Outlander PHEV SUVs from design years 2023-2025 might “freeze or show a black screen.”
That might trigger the rearview electronic camera image to “be lost” while supporting, which might increase the danger of a crash and make the possibly impacted SUVs out of compliance with a federal policy about rear exposure, according to the NHTSA recall report.
Mitsubishi connected the issue to “inappropriate software application programs” in the infotainment system.
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The remembered Outlander SUVs were produced in between early February 2021 and late December 2024, while the possibly impacted Outlander PHEVs were produced in between late September 2022 and April 2025, the recall report showed.
The recall “changes and broadens” a previous recall Mitsubishi released in Might 2023, according to the NHTSA.
The problem at the center of the recall hasn’t resulted in any recognized injuries or deaths, the recall report stated.
Owners of the remembered Outlander and Outlander PHEV lorries will get a letter in the mail about the recall towards completion of June.
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They will get directions to take their lorry to a dealer, where it will reprogram the in-vehicle infotainment system with “countermeasure software application,” according to the recall report. The service will not cost consumers anything.
” Cars formerly fixed under recall 23V345 will require to have the brand-new treatment finished,” the NHTSA kept in mind.
” Impacted consumers will be informed start later on this month, and we would motivate anybody getting a notice to call their regional Mitsubishi Motors dealership partner– it does not require to be the car dealership from where the lorry was acquired, any Mitsubishi Motors car dealership can help– as quickly as possible upon invoice of the alert to make a visit for the software application upgrade to be used to their lorry,” a Mitsubishi representative informed FOX Company.
In current months, other car manufacturers have actually remembered lorries to deal with rearview camera-related issues.
Volvo put some 413,000 lorries in the U.S. under recall for an issue that might trigger the backup electronic camera image not to display in early Might.
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More than 27,800 Polestar 2 electrical lorries from design years 2021-2025 likewise dealt with a recall last month for “visualization problems” with a rearview electronic camera display screen.
In April, Porsche Cars The United States and Canada remembered over 8,500 of its 2024-2025 Macan electrical crossovers, pointing out problems that might impact backup cams.
Mitsubishi has a web page where owners can get in a Car Recognition Number (VIN) to see if a car goes through a recall.
Source: Fox News.
