Mitsubishi Outlander Sport, model years 2011 to 2016. Filed by Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 9 February 2018. 158,651 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) is recalling certain 2011-2016 Outlander Sport vehicles. Water may enter between the hood and windshield and cause the front wiper link ball joint to corrode, possibly resulting in the wiper link separating and the wipers becoming inoperative.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Mitsubishi's own number for this recall: SR-18-004. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 18V103 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 18V103 cover?
- Mitsubishi Outlander Sport, model years 2011-2016.
- What is wrong with them?
- Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) is recalling certain 2011-2016 Outlander Sport vehicles. Water may enter between the hood and windshield and cause the front wiper link ball joint to corrode, possibly resulting in the wiper link separating and the wipers becoming inoperative.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Loss of wiper function can reduce visibility and increase the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. MMNA will notify owners, and dealers will replace the rod of the wiper link and the wiper motor crank arm, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin April 10, 2018. Owners may contact MMNA customer service at 1-888-648-7820. MMNA's number for this recall is SR-18-004.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Mitsubishi calls this recall SR-18-004, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “Loss of wiper function can reduce visibility and increase the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 18V103 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. |
| System at fault | Visibility:Windshield Wiper/Washer:Linkages |
| Reported to NHTSA | 9 February 2018 |
| Model years | 2011-2016 |
| Vehicles named | MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Loss of wiper function can reduce visibility and increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
MMNA will notify owners, and dealers will replace the rod of the wiper link and the wiper motor crank arm, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin April 10, 2018. Owners may contact MMNA customer service at 1-888-648-7820. MMNA's number for this recall is SR-18-004.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 463 notices in the record whose component field names visibility. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 34 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 18V103, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18v103/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 18V103 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
2874704d - Consequence
ed59898b - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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