I purchased my Outlander Sport 2 weeks ago today. For 4 of the days I've had it, it was in the shop with a transmission problem. So, I'm still becoming acquainted with the features, or lack there of. Tonight I made a startling (to me) discovery.

Does this car really not have self locking doors? Doors that lock when you put the car in drive, or when you're driving 15-20 mph? I think the last car I owed that didn't do this was my 1994 For Escort. Since then I have had more Fords, some Dodge's, a Mazda, a Hyundai and a few Honda's. Every single one of these had this feature.

When I was a teenager, a woman in my town was car jacked while leaving her neighborhood which was in a very safe area. Her son was in a his car seat in the back seat. As the attacker threw her out of the car, she got tangled in the seat belt. She was dragged to her death. The memory of something like that will stick with you for the rest of your life.

Please tell me there is a way to make this car lock on it's own.

 

Gees..
That's a sad story.

But, I hate to say it > Don't believe there's an "easy" way to do that... Not on your own anyways.



I guess Mitsu's logic is to prevent somebody from being locked out of the vehicle if a child that's still in the vehicle were to put the shifter in drive accidentally (or deliberately).

>>> Especially if a certain parent were to hop out of the vehicle for a "quick" in-n-out for that morning starbuckz double shot Latte with a sprinkle of mint and forgets their keys are still in her purse that's STILL sitting in the front seat, sort of thing.

 

Customization... http://mitsubishiforum.com/forum/mit...ization-40223/

 

interesting. there is more customization if you have Nav - at least there is in the Evo - i would expect its the same for the OS.

i found a Youtube video that showed how to disable the annoying service reminders in the Evo by a series of button pushes, magic words, and hand motions.


may or may not work for the OS - YMMV.

 

Welcome to our community. I am sorry to hear that you already have transmission issues.


Yes, the door locking/unlocking can be done, as Cottagelifer's link describes it. If you are not prepared for purchasing the OBD II interface and learning how to use either the Diagbox or ETACS Decoder programs you may contact one of the registered users from the community, who can do it for you.
I found that the closest registered user to you is in Jacksonville (max 200 miles from you depending on your exact location) under the username of "BlueDevl X". He has Diagbox software, like me, which was developed for the French clones of the Mitsubishi's. If he does not have an OS ask him to use the Citroen C4 Aircross model from the options to program the ETACS of your car. Enabling the door locking/unlocking is a two step process with this software. One should enable the doors to lock at few miles/h speed first and the second step is to program the unlocking when the gear selector is put to P (automatic transmission) or when the engine is turned off (manual transmission). The doors will obviously unlock upon impact in case of an accident.
Here is the link, where you can find his contact info:
http://etacsdecoder.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=33&page=2
post #22. Good luck.

 

I am sorry, but what you all are saying to me might as well be said in another language.

I am not a person who typically customizes my cars. I buy them and drive them as is. That is all.

I looked in my owners manual and I am very very disappointment in Mitsubishi as an auto maker right now. The locks can be programmed to unlock when the car is put in park. It has to be done buy a Mitsubishi dealer. It goes on however, to say 2 additional times how important it is to drive with your doors locked because the "door might be accidentally opened by a passenger" and there is "a greater risk of someone being thrown from the vehicle in the event of an accident".

I'm sure it would have cost them a whole extra dollar to install such a basic thing in these cars. Wow.

Anyway, any help understanding this thing you can use to program it would be great.

 

wouldn't a Mitsubishi dealer be able to do this for you if you requested it?

 

You missed the point - the car is already equipped to do what you want; the feature simply needs to be enabled. Follow the links to read about the ETACS coder.

As to Landshark's comment, I would hope that a Mits dealer would use its MUTS-III box to enable it. I have to take mine in for a recall so I will ask. But I am not hopeful... (car dealers in general are generally useless IME)

 

I did try to read about it and found it very confusing. I will try again. I wonder though, would using (what I'm assuming is an aftermarket device) to do something like this, void my warranty?

 

So, I'm curious as to what kind of problem(s) you experienced?

Please give some details and add to the Knowledge base of - O.Sport quirks

 

My transmission's brain was bad...

Had it towed to the dealership and told them it was like diving over rumble strips between 30 and 40 mph. I got the whole, "It's just the CVT learning your driving habits" spiel. They were going to send me home and I told them no freaking way. I got a call 2 days later and that's what I was told.

 

Well, that's new.
Even if it was the CVT "learning", you shouldn't feel any anything from the transmission.

That is weird.




Keep us posted.

 

Ah, the infamous Jatco "judder" - common on MY13/14 and some 15 Nissans. Usually a torque converter issue. One rarely hears of it in Mits though AFAIK. Bummer.

 

Would you suggest that the 11-12 model years (Japanese models) and the 13-15 model years have different CVTs?
As far as I know the Mitsubishi OS/RVR ( 2.0 L ; for the 2011-12 model year for sure) and Outlander ( second generation 2.4 L) has the JF011E model and the Nissans used different ones:
Juke/Cube/Note: JF015E
Rogue/Altima: JF016E/JF017E
Pathfinder/Maxima: JF018E
Murano: JF010E.
I have no information for 2015 model year. Is it possible that Nissan is using JF011E for some 2015 models?

 

I'll see if I can find out which Jatco CVTs are used in what models/years. But it is not just hardware; firmware involved. THAT is on Nissan. Jatco has made CVTs for decades and it seems like only Nissan has had a really bad time with them.