Hello all,

2015 Outlander Sport ES, 2.4 L
63,000 miles

I bought it new, have had ZERO issues, and had all recommended maintenance performed at dealership.

Was driving today, felt a LITTLE weird (no jerking/revving/overheating/etc). You get to know a car, and something just felt ever so slightly off. About a mile from home, the bell rang, and TRANSMISSION SERVICE REQUIRED notification came up.

Parked at home for an hour, started it up, backed out of driveway, pulled back in, no more notification.

Called service and are taking it in and not driving it until then, but was wondering if anyone else has had this happen, and what the culprit might be.

*Car is still under warranty, so that makes me feel a little better, but would prefer the potential problem to be minor or non-existstent of course.


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Most likely you just need to have the transmission fluid flushed, I assume you have an automatic and if you didn't flush it around 30k then you are definitely due for one. I wouldn't worry about damage unless you've been towing things.

 

Thanks for the information. I had the transmission fluid flushed and changed around 40k last year. No towing, just an around town car.

 

UPDATE:

Dealership called and said I needed to have car towed to them in case there is damage: $100 out of pocket

They ran codes, and had to call Mitsu Tech Line to "start a case." (no idea what that means)

Mitsu recommended following the flow systems through the vehicle, clearing the code, and then test driving it

Code did not return, and they found no sign of CVT failure

They are sending me on my way, and charged me a $95 out of pocket "diagnostic fee"

I'm out of $200 for a car that just apparently needed a code cleared. SMH.

 

FYI, you can buy a Bluetooth ODBII scanner for $20-ish that will work with any number of free phone apps to check and clear codes. i have one similar to this - low profile so you don't smash your knee against it, and has an ON/OFF button.

Will also work with the Torque app to display various vehicles parameters like turbo boost, voltage, etc.

 

Are you the first owner of the car? If so this should be covered under warranty. You should have your Fluid changed though. My CVT lasted to 200k, does the same 2.4l have the same CVT? CVT's dont do well with heat. Lots of hills and carrying a bunch of weight were the only times I got a trans overheat warning when driving. but I'm talking about hours of driving into the mountains with the family in the car with luggage.

 

Thank you for the replies. I am original owner, and its a 2015 with 63k miles, so I also assumed we are talking about a warranty claim here.

Transmission fluid is 15k miles old. Checked it before the tow, and it looked great.

They did the lovely "just bring it back if it comes up again."

 

In August of this year I had the same thing happen with the same code - TRANSMISSION SERVICE REQUIRED. I have a 2015, 2.5L with the CVT as well and this happened around 57,000 miles. I had the transmission fluid changed at 36,000 miles. This does not mean the transmission is overheated, the manual states to have it checked out. If it's because it's overheated, according to the owner's manual, a little temperature gauge icon will appear on the dash and the warning will be TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING SLOW DOWN.

I simply pulled the car over to the side of the road and turned off the engine. I looked this information up in the manual and, after 5 minutes, restarted the car. The light was out and I drove it home. I drove it to the dealer the next day and they couldn't duplicate the problem. The code the computer provided was p1740 which can be a variety of things, including one of the multiple sensors, but the code is generally not specific. They told me it was okay to drive it and reset the code so I drove it for the next month (into September) and it did it again. I followed the same procedure as before and took it back to the dealer with the same results and code. They kept it for a week, drove it more than 250 miles, contacted Mitsubishi for advice, and nothing could be duplicated. I left with instructions to drive it until it does it again and, if it does it again, try to drive it directly to the dealer while the notification light is still on. It's now December 6 and I've had no problem since. I'm scheduled for the next transmission fluid change at 66,000 miles.

I hope this information helps!

UPDATE! In February the problem code p1740 appeared again and, this time, the dealership was able to track it down to be one of the transmission sensors. Since the sensor was replaced the transmission has behaved perfectly and has appeared to be markedly smoother than ever.