NHTSA Complaint #10818564 — 2007 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER

WHILE INSPECTING VEHICLE, DISCOVERED ROTTED FRONT CROSSMEMBER (DRIVER SIDE, METAL FORMING PART MAY HAVE BEEN IMPROPERLY STAMPED RESULTING IN THE METAL BECOMING THINNER AND RUST IT VERY FAST ), WHICH CAN FAIL ANY TIME INVOLVING OTHER STEERING COMPONENTS TO SEPARATE OF THE FRAME WHICH MAY RESULT IN THE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND LEADING IT TO A BIG CRASH OR FATAL ACCIDENT . THERE WERE FEW COMPLAINS ON THIS SITE, REGARDING SAME PROBLEMS ON A DIFFERENT MITSUBISHI MODELS AND ALSO RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NO.: 06V334000 FOR 2007 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE AFFECTING 1516 CARS. AS MUCH AS MITSUBISHI USES SAME SUSPENSION COMPONENTS FOR DIFFERENT MODELS OTHER MITSUBISHI VEHICLES MAY HAVE SAME ISSUES. MY MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER 2007 WAS REPAIRED AT MITSUBISHI DEALERSHIP ABOUT MONTH AGO. DURING REPAIR ON FRONT SUSPENSION (FRONT SHOCKS, COIL SPRINGS AND STABILIZERS WERE REPLACED BECAUSE EXTENDED WARRANTY) BUT I WASN'T TOLD ABOUT OTHER EVEN WORSE PROBLEMS. SEE PHOTOS.