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Mitsubishi Motors North America is recalling almost 200,000 Outlander and Outlander plug-in hybrid electrical SUVs due to defective software program that would make their rearview cameras malfunction.
The automaker mentioned in a Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration (NHTSA) recall report that the infotainment system inside over 198,900 Outlanders from mannequin years 2022-2024 and Outlander PHEV SUVs from mannequin years 2023-2025 may “freeze or show a black display screen.”
That would trigger the rearview digicam picture to “be misplaced” whereas backing up, which may heighten the danger of a crash and make the doubtless affected SUVs out of compliance with a federal regulation about rear visibility, in accordance with the NHTSA recall report.
A Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Outlander plug-in hybrid electrical automobile on show on the Japan Mobility Present in Chiba, Japan, Oct. 15, 2024. (Noriko Hayashi/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
Mitsubishi linked the issue to “improper software program programming” within the infotainment system.
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The recalled Outlander SUVs have been produced between early February 2021 and late December 2024, whereas the doubtless affected Outlander PHEVs have been manufactured between late September 2022 and April 2025, the recall report indicated.
The recall “replaces and expands” a prior recall Mitsubishi issued in Might 2023, in accordance with the NHTSA.
The difficulty on the heart of the recall hasn’t led to any identified accidents or deaths, the recall report mentioned.
A Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Outlander plug-in hybrid electrical automobile on show on the Tokyo Auto Salon in Chiba, Japan, Jan. 13, 2023. (Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
Homeowners of the recalled Outlander and Outlander PHEV autos will get a letter within the mail concerning the recall towards the top of June.
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They may obtain directions to take their automobile to a dealership, the place it would reprogram the in-vehicle infotainment system with “countermeasure software program,” in accordance with the recall report. The service won’t price prospects something.
“Automobiles beforehand repaired underneath recall 23V345 might want to have the brand new treatment accomplished,” the NHTSA famous.
“Affected prospects can be notified starting later this month, and we might encourage anybody receiving a notification to contact their native Mitsubishi Motors supplier accomplice – it doesn’t should be the dealership from the place the automobile was bought, any Mitsubishi Motors dealership can help – as quickly as attainable upon receipt of the notification to make an appointment for the software program replace to be utilized to their automobile,” a Mitsubishi spokesperson advised FOX Enterprise.
In current months, different automakers have recalled autos to deal with rearview camera-related issues.
Volvo put some 413,000 autos within the U.S. underneath recall for an issue that would trigger the backup digicam picture to not present in early Might.
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A Mitsubishi emblem on a parked Mitsubishi Outlander automobile Jan. 25, 2021, in Dublin, Eire. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto by way of Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
Greater than 27,800 Polestar 2 electrical autos from mannequin years 2021-2025 additionally confronted a recall final month for “visualization points” with a rearview digicam show.
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In April, Porsche Automobiles North America recalled over 8,500 of its 2024-2025 Macan electrical crossovers, citing points that would have an effect on backup cameras.
Mitsubishi has a webpage the place house owners can enter a Car Identification Quantity (VIN) to see if a automobile is topic to a recall.
