For every car sold, owners filed 5.8 times as many complaints about the 2022 Outlander as about the typical Outlander year. Among the 4 Outlander years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about the 2023 (0.74 per 1,000 sold) and the most about this one, the 2022 (4.30).
Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.
5.8 times this nameplate’s own median
Counted from 170 complaints filed in the first three years, of 219 ever. 95% lower bound 3.66. Not counted: 1 complaint that reported only that a recall repair was unavailable, not a failure.
The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters. The bar is how many complaints each rate rests on.
| Model year | Per 1,000 | Complaints | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 0.67 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 0.25 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 0.53 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 0.72 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 0.70 | 7 | |
| 2014 | 1.58 | 20 | |
| 2015 | 1.43 | 23 | |
| 2016 | 1.49 | 34 | |
| 2017 | 0.77 | 24 | |
| 2018 | 0.96 | 37 | |
| 2019 | 0.34 | 14 | |
| 2020 | 0.23 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 4.30 | 170 | |
| 2023 | 0.74 | 34 |
Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.
| hood | 75 | 97% | |
| flutters | 24 | 31% | |
| hood flutters | 19 | 25% | |
| flutter | 16 | 21% | |
| fluttering | 12 | 16% | |
| hood shakes | 11 | 14% |
Failures cluster early, which is the signature of how the car was built rather than of wear. A low-mileage example has not yet passed the risk window.
Pedestrian alert sounds
For every car sold, owners filed 5.8 times as many complaints about the 2022 Outlander as about the typical Outlander year. Among the 4 Outlander years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about the 2023 (0.74 per 1,000 sold) and the most about this one, the 2022 (4.30). The typical year is the median across its model years.
The parts owners named most often in complaints filed to date: Structure (77), Unknown Or Other (36), Electrical System (26). The phrases they used are listed above.
Complaint records cannot settle that on their own. They count safety problems owners chose to report to the federal government, not every repair. What they do show is how this year compares with the other Outlander years: for every car sold, owners filed 5.8 times as many complaints about the 2022 Outlander as about the typical Outlander year.
Among years with enough complaints to compare, the 2023, at 0.74 per 1,000 sold. Every Outlander year, ranked.
Of the 4 guides that rate the 2022 Outlander, 2 list it among the years to avoid and none among the best. The complaint records here put it above the typical Outlander year, counted per car sold.
| Guide | Its verdict on 2022 | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| REREVcomplaint and recall records, and owner forums | Not singled out | complaint and recall records, and owner forums |
| CarWhereNHTSA complaints, weighted by severity | Avoid | NHTSA complaints, weighted by severity |
| Auto Reliability IndexNHTSA recalls and complaints, as a 0-100 score | Avoid | NHTSA recalls and complaints, as a 0-100 score |
| SlashGearthe editors, citing J.D. Power and RepairPal | Not singled out | the editors, citing J.D. Power and RepairPal |
Read on 2026-11-14. Each verdict is the guide’s own: we record only the years it names, and link to it. A guide that counts complaints without dividing by sales can flag a year simply because more of it were sold.
Example records behind this page, each on NHTSA’s own site: