The 'Other' SUV thread

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Learn more about the Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-in Hybrid:
Mitsubishi announces production increase
May 7, 2013 - Information

While announcing their 2012 full0-year earnings in Tokyo late in April, Mitsubishi also announced that it will “consolidate the processes for installing PHEV batteries and motors from (the) subassembly line to the main assembly line.” Now with the battery pack issues solved, and the previously sold Outlander PHEVs on recall to fix the problem, Mitsubishi [...]
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Mitsubishi pinpoints cause of Outlander PHEV battery issues
April 25, 2013 - Information

Mitsubishi has located the cause of the lithium ion battery fires that forced a production halt on the Outlander plug-in hybrid and some i-Miev electric vehicles. A small number of the affected i-Mievs were on the road in the United States and Europe, and drivers had been notified not to drive them. Owners of the [...]
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Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV production halt extended
April 15, 2013 - Information

Production of the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV is still on hold. The Japanese automaker has said they still haven’t been able to figure out what caused one of the lithium-ion batteries in an Outlander PHEV to overheat and a pack in a Mitsubishi i-Miev to catch on fire last month. The Outlander PHEV was at a [...]
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[Naki Rat]

According to one source the battery issue was due to some components being dropped during battery assembly and then not removed from the production process as should have been the case. Problem now sorted by the sounds of it: http://www.insideoutlander.com/posts...yinvestigation, though NZ won't be seeing them until 2014 as a result.