2024 Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid

small SUV / 4-door SUV

Plug-in hybrid
2024 Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid 4-door SUV
2023 Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-in Hybrid shown
Photo courtesy of Mitsubishi Motors R & D of America, Inc.

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteriaRating
Small overlap front
G
Moderate overlap front: original test
G
Side: updated test
G

Crash avoidance & mitigation

Evaluation criteriaRating
Headlights
G
Front crash prevention: vehicle-to-vehicle 2.0
Standard system
P
Front crash prevention: pedestrian (day)
Standard system
Superior

Other available safety features

  • Optional blind spot detection
  • Standard lane departure warning
  • Optional lane departure prevention
  • Standard rear automatic braking

Key

  • G
    Good
  • A
    Acceptable
  • M
    Marginal
  • P
    Poor
  • Superior
  • Advanced
  • Basic

Some ratings use a scale of Poor to Good. Others range from Basic to Superior.

Small overlap front

The small overlap front evaluation consists of a driver-side and a passenger-side component. If the results of the two evaluations differ, then the combined small overlap rating is equal to the lower rating.

Driver-side

  • Rating applies to 2023-25 models built after May 2023

Tested vehicle: 2023 Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-in Hybrid SEL 4-door 4wd

The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Plug-in hybrid was redesigned for the 2023 model year. Beginning with 2023 models built after May 2023, improvements were made to the front driver-side door latch to improve occupant protection in small overlap frontal crashes. (Information about when a specific vehicle was manufactured is on the certification label typically affixed to the driver door or adjacent B-pillar.) Driver-side small overlap frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test of a 2023 model Outlander Plug-in hybrid conducted by Mitsubishi.

Evaluation criteriaRating
Overall driver-side evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
A
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Chest
G
Hip/thigh
G
Lower leg/foot
G
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
G
Technical measurements for this test

Passenger-side

  • Rating applies to 2023-25 models

Tested vehicle: 2023 Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-in Hybrid SEL 4-door 4wd

The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Plug-in hybrid was redesigned for the 2023 model year. Passenger-side small overlap frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test of a 2023 model Outlander Plug-in hybrid conducted by Mitsubishi.

Evaluation criteriaRating
Overall passenger-side evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
A
Passenger injury measures
Head/neck
G
Chest
G
Hip/thigh
G
Lower leg/foot
G
Passenger restraints and dummy kinematics
G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Chest
G
Hip/thigh
G
Lower leg/foot
G
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
G
Technical measurements for this test

About the small overlap front test

Moderate overlap front: original test

Rating applies to 2023-25 models

Tested vehicle: 2023 Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-in Hybrid SEL4-door 4wd

The Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-in hybrid was redesigned for the 2023 model year. Moderate overlap frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test of a 2023 model Outlander Plug-in hybrid conducted by Mitsubishi.

Evaluation criteriaRating
Overall evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Chest
G
Leg/foot, left
G
Leg/foot, right
G
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
G
Technical measurements for this test

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: updated test

Rating applies to 2023-25 models built after May 2023

Tested vehicle: 2023 Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-in Hybrid SEL 4-door 4wd

The Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-in hybrid was redesigned for the 2023 model year. Beginning with 2023 models built after May 2023, improvements were made to the front driver-side torso airbag and to the driver and passenger-side interior door trim. (Information about when a specific vehicle was manufactured is on the certification label typically affixed to the driver door or adjacent B-pillar.) Side 2.0 ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test of a 2023 Outlander Plug-in hybrid conducted by Mitsubishi.

Evaluation criteriaRating
Overall evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
A
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Torso
A
Pelvis
A
Driver head protection
G
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck
G
Torso
G
Pelvis
G
Rear passenger head protection
G
Technical measurements for this test

About the side crash test

Headlights

Trim level(s)

  • All trims
Evaluation criteriaRating
Low-beam headlight typeLED reflector
High-beam headlight typeLED reflector
Curve-adaptive?No
High-beam assist?Yes
Overall rating
G
Distance at which headlights provide at least 5 lux illumination:
car-simpler car-simpler car-simpler car-simpler car-simpler 0 ft 100 ft 200 ft 300 ft 400 ft 500 ft 600 ft Low beams Optimal low-beam illumination High beams Optimal high-beam illumination High-beam assist credit Some glare

Low beams
On the straightaway, visibility was good on both sides of the road. On curves, visibility was good in all 4 tests.

The low beams created some glare.

High beams
On the straightaway, visibility was good on both sides of the road. On curves, visibility was good on the gradual left and gradual right curves and fair on the sharp right and sharp left curves.

High-beam assist compensates for some limitations of this vehicle's low beams on the sharp left curve and on the sharp right curve.

Technical measurements for this test

About the headlight evaluation

Front crash prevention: vehicle-to-vehicle 2.0

Rating applies to all 2024-25 models

System details

  • standard Forward Collision Mitigation System

Overall evaluation

P

Passenger car target

Test runSpeed reductionTimely warning?
31 mph/target centeredCollision avoided
31 mph/target off-center30 mph
37 mph/target centered21 mph
37 mph/target off-center21 mph
43 mph/target centered16 mph
43 mph/target off-centerAutobrake not tested

Motorcycle target

Test runSpeed reductionTimely warning?
31 mph/target centered16 mph
31 mph/target off-center10 mph
37 mph/target centered13 mph
37 mph/target off-centerAutobrake not tested
43 mph/target centeredAutobrake not tested
43 mph/target off-centerAutobrake not tested

Semitrailer

Only warning is tested with the semitrailer.

Test runTimely warning?
31 mph/target centered
37 mph/target centered
43 mph/target centered

About the front crash prevention test

Front crash prevention: pedestrian (day)

System details

  • standard Forward Collision Mitigation System

Overall evaluation

This rating applies to all 2023-25 models

Superior
Superior

Crossing child

  • In the 12 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision.
  • In the 25 mph test, impact speed was reduced by 23 mph.

Crossing adult

  • In the 12 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision.
  • In the 25 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision.

Parallel adult

  • In the 25 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision.
  • In the 37 mph test, this vehicle avoided a collision. A warning was issued 2.1 seconds before impact.

About the pedestrian front crash prevention test