# NHTSA recall 16V563000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 16V563000
- Manufacturer's number: SR\-16\-006
- Manufacturer: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
- Reported: 2016\-07\-28
- Owners notified: 2016\-08\-15
- Component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\); POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- Units potentially affected: 82436

## What is wrong

Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. \(MMNA\) is recalling certain model year 2015\-2016 Outlander Sport vehicles and 2016 Outlander and Lancer vehicles.  The affected vehicles are equipped with a constant velocity transmission \(CVT\) that, in certain driving conditions, may cause a delay in the vehicle accelerating.


## What can happen

A hesitation during acceleration can increase the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

MMNA has notified owners, and dealers will reprogram the CVT control unit with modified software, free of charge.  The recall began on August 15, 2016.  Owners may contact MMNA customer service at 1\-888\-648\-7820.  MMNA's number for this recall is SR\-16\-006.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2017 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2018\-01\-30
- Vehicles in the campaign: 82436
- Reported remedied: 69161 \(83%\)
- Reported unreachable: 3012
- Reported removed: 329

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2017 quarter 4, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2016 MITSUBISHI LANCER](/makes/mitsubishi/lancer/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-10\-12 to 2016\-04\-27.
- [2016 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER](/makes/mitsubishi/outlander/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-05\-11 to 2016\-04\-26.
- [2015 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT](/makes/mitsubishi/outlander-sport/2015/recalls.md). Built 2014\-06\-25 to 2015\-11\-25.
- [2016 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT](/makes/mitsubishi/outlander-sport/2016/recalls.md). Built 2016\-01\-11 to 2016\-07\-08.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [TSB\-20\-23\-001REV](/bulletins/10177379.md), 2020-07-20, Service bulletin
- [TSB\-20\-23\-001](/bulletins/10175777.md), 2020-05-26, Service bulletin
- [TSB\-19\-23\-001](/bulletins/10154714.md), 2019-03-18, Service bulletin
- [TSB\-17\-23\-002](/bulletins/10109105.md), 2017-08-01, Service bulletin
- [SC\-15\-004 LETTER](/bulletins/10103082.md), 2017-06-05, Service bulletin
- [TIN\-15\-23\-001](/bulletins/10057787.md), 2015-06-27, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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