2016 Mitsubishi Outlander: jerking or lurching

Filed Jul 23, 2026 · Electrical, Engine · IL

The car itself should not be sold considering the number of complaints about the transmission issues. I’ve only had the car a month and Its started to stall and jerks when in acceleration. The gears started to not shift properly and the car would not go over 20 miles without jerking. I took the car back to the lot to get it fixed and then it stopped, was driving back smoothly. The car shop said they changed the transmission oil which supposedly was the problem. 2 weeks later the car is back stalling and jerking with the “transmission service required” light back on yet again.

Filed Aug 17, 2023 · Electrical, Transmission · FL

I am having a problem with accelerating while driving. Car starts to jerk or stutter while driving.

Filed Mar 29, 2023 · Transmission · NC

My wife and I were at the beach when the truck started jerking really bad. I knew from the motion that transmission was locking up. We stayed 2 nights until we tried to make it home and it would slip in and out of gear. Transmission Maintenance light came on and once we made a complete stop. It acted as it didn’t want to move then would take off like a rocket. I’ve seen several models have recall on this issue but not my VIN which I find very strange.

Filed Mar 25, 2023 · MI

I was driving down the highway with my son in the car and it started jerking and the reving up to high rpms. I decided to get off the highway where my car would not go over 40mphs and still reving. Took to a family mechanic who said to take it to the dealership for transmission problems.

Filed Sep 7, 2022 · Transmission · WV

While driving on the highway the vehicle started jumping RPM and jerking violently. The RPM would rise and then dramatically fall with a clunking sound coming from CVT transmission. Problem persisted at slower speed with slightly less severity. After tech review, it was determined CVT belt was slipping and transmission prematurely failed at 42k miles. Being the second owner, vehicle is out of warranty and I was quoted $8k for a new CVT.

Filed Feb 2, 2022 · Engine, Transmission · MA

When driving my 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander SE down the highway last week my car began to make a shudder like feeling when I stepped on the gas. When attempting to accelerate my car my RPMs jumped and then dropped significantly making the car shake and not accelerate and instead the speed declined. I was on the highway driving and feel very fortunate that no one was behind me when my car jerked causing them to possibly rear end me and I am glad that my car did not jolt forward hitting the person in-front of me but it was a very real possibility. My car is around 98,000 miles and has had every oil change and maintenance it has needed on time and I am the second owner of this car. No check engine light or anything came on while my car was practically breaking down on the highway and there was no warning. The next day the check engine light came on for about 10 mins and then cleared itself even though the car was continuing to shake and drop and rev RPMS. I took my car to an automotive place and they told me I would need to have a new transmission put in the car and he thought I had very low miles to be having this issue and because the engine light was no longer on he test drove the car and confirmed and ran the error code in the history. After some research I noticed that there was a recall in 2016 for the transmission of my car 16v563000 stating that there is a delay in the transmission and the consequence could cause a crash and to fix the problem "software needed to be upgraded" I asked North America Mitsubishi for a report of the specific work done to the transmission to provide to my mechanic. They stated they cant do that and I don't need it and can get my transmission done at Mitsubishi where they can see the previous work done for the recall. There is a technical service bulletin for this issue its so common, I am 1 year over the 5 yr warranty and they say I have to pay for a new transmission. I was told theres no recall and nothing they can do.

Filed Nov 7, 2020 · Transmission · 102,000 miles · GA

I was driving on the freeway, and suddenly my car began to jerk, as if it was hiccuping, and refused to accelerate for a number seconds. It labored to make it home. It was dangerous because it would accelerate and then jerk causing traffics to abruptly halt without warning, by the time I got home it was stuck on 1st gear, and now won't even reverse. My car is not drive able . Something is wrong with the transmission it thru a transmission code. I think it might be a recall associated with this. I believe the constant velocity transmissions are recalled, my vehicle has a CVT.

Filed Aug 3, 2020 · Transmission · FL

Vehicle hesitates during acceleration. I have hard times to manage the proper speed. It shakes and jerks instead. Doesn't accelerate smoothly. I took my car to the local diller to check for some recalls. They said there is no recall for my car. And warranty is expired since my car have 106 miles on it. I have to pay for checking and fixing. But I can't afford to pay the expenses

Filed May 7, 2020 · Transmission · 110,000 miles · CA

When driving you feel that suddenly the vehicle starts jerking, and when going on an uphill the vehicle looses power, slows down and may even stop completely. This is very dangerous specially if you driving in the middle of the freeway; the cars behind you can hit you at full speed which in worst case it could be fatal. It started happening when my car had about 110k miles and when I took it to the dealer they told me it was not covered under the warranty due to the mileage and they gave me an estimate of about $8,000 to replace the transmission.

Filed Jan 14, 2020 · Transmission · 84,000 miles · VA

Going about 75 MPH on 64 east in va towards richmond suddenly my rpms jumped to 6 and then back to about 2. I immediately started loosing power and received a transmission service required warning on the dash. I pulled off to the shoulder turned the car off for a minute and started it back and the rpms were jumping all over the place and the car was jerking I couldn't get it above 45. Made it to my daughters apt about 5 miles away and parked it. I did so much research on the vehicle regarding the crash ratings but totally missed the transmission recall. I called hyman brothers mitsubishi in midlothian and was told it wasn't covered. This transmission recall is much larger than what's out there right now. I checked the VIN and my car didn't hit. I've only had this vehicle for 45 days and now I'm having to replace the transmission on a car that's 4 years old and only has 84k miles on it. This could have cause a major accident on 64 which is a 6 lane interstate.