Mitsubishi PHEV 2014 owner introduction

[Pavel Krivich]

Hello!
I have just bought a PHEV 2014 year, 2.0 liter petrol engine, 110.000 km, light blue.
It has good equipment with leather, ACC and Rockford Fosgate multimedia.
I am still waiting for diagnostics at official dealer so I don't know the state of battery in percentages. Though generally it is ok and looks like battery is capable of doing 30 km.
I like the car compared to others which I have seen here in Bulgaria in this price category, it is relatively quiet even when running petrol engine. I am glad to join the community and wish everybody all the best.

 

[AndyInOz]

Hello Pavel!

We may have matching cars.



Welcome to the board!

 

[user 4416]

Mines white, I mistakenly bought the basic model that doesn't have electric heating.

 

[greendwarf]

Mines white, I mistakenly bought the basic model that doesn't have electric heating.

So have I but by choice (£1500 cheaper) but that means you are less likely to get the enforced fuel burning that seems to soooo annoy others here!

 

[user 4416]

Why ? Because you frequently use the ICE to heat ?

 

[greendwarf]

Er, in Winter, yes. But when I bought it the late wife disliked both heating and Aircon in cars, driving with the window open, freezing my nuts off or dying of heat stroke - so no point in bothering with a unusable luxury like battery heating!

 

[user 4416]

Your wife may have the same condition as my wife - Hyper Thyroid.
She swings between feeling very hot, and cold, when everyone else is fine.
Like cold east wind, everyone in parkas hats and and gloves, she's in her tee-shirt.

 

[greendwarf]

I just put it down to being Irish!

 

[littlegrey]

Hello all,
Gareth here and awaiting collection of a 2014 outlander PHEV GX4hs on 133000miles
needs a rear motor mount, but otherwise looks well cared for.
whilst i am not worried about the HV or battery aspect so much but software, the software throws me.
Nissan leaf has 'leaf spy' and VW has VDCS but i havent got my head around how that all looks for the outlander.
so far i can see three options and not sure what the limitations and benefits of each are.
its forum searching time

 

[MrPastry]

Hello Pavel & Gareth. Welcome to the forum.

The rear motor mount bush (front one one the three) is the first to fail & easiest to replace.
It'll take you less than 20 minutes.
3517A089 & 3517A053 are two of the many part numbers for this bush.



P.

 

[littlegrey]

I oped for a polybush variant.
Had good success on the land rover and other prototype vehicles. So figured it'd be a good shout

 

[Ecological]

Pardon the ignorance, but what is the mount bush for? I had my rear one replaced in 2016

 

[littlegrey]

It simply stops the motor wobbling about. But bolding to metal will cause things to snap.

Think of it like an engine mount

 

[user 4416]

Mount bush ?
You can see in Mr Pastry's image that the rubber part of the motor bush has started to separate from the metal parts.
The rubber reduces motor vibration and noise transmission.

 

[MrPastry]

Fell apart when prodded......

 

[MrPastry]

I recently replaced the motor bush on my 2018 car with genuine part number: 3517A053 which cost £75.65 delivered.



Following this, I searched for a replacement bushing (without the bracket) & have bought a few in an attempt to find an equivalent.
Eventually, I have sourced a bush & fitted it. It's a perfect fit. Febest part available from under 20 euros.








It appears that all three rear motor mount bushes are the same, Febest MMB-GF0WR.

 

[twiggy144]

Thanks for the info. How easy was it ti replace it? Do you work from under the engine, or from the top? It is a rear mount, so it is close to the firewall?

 

[littlescrote]

Great info, thanks. I think I'll replace mine soon as I'm getting a little shudder around standstill which I think might be that.

Just for clarity, are there 3 different aluminium mountings containing a bush each? Or some other combination that means we need to buy 3 individual bushes that we can press in as replacements?

 

[yardbird]

I had that rear differential mount (as stated in the invoice of the shop) replaced by my 100k mile insurance warranty. The shop billed the insurance for a total of $452.53 (parts & labor). Part (Mit #3517A053) was $191.5. Mitsubishi parts cost an arm & leg in America, that's why it is not popular here. I got a clunk noise when accelerated from stop indicating the pushing was torn out as mentioned by my local mechanic.

 

[MrPastry]

Just to recap, these bushes are on the rear motor mounts.
All three rear motor mount bushes appear to be the same, however the brackets are different.



You'll usually experience a "clunk" from the rear when these have failed.

This is the new Febest MMB-GF0WR fitted into in my original Mitsubishi bracket:





They are really easy to replace, especially if you have access to a hydraulic bench press.
I have been replacing bushes on Landrovers for over 40 years & have never bought a press.

If you have an impact gun & a selection of washers/spacers, it's very easy.
Here's what I used:



I always use a little oil around the bush & on the nut & bolt that I used to pull it into place.
You'll need to check the new bush is aligned properly. Match its rotational position with the original bush.
Always push the bush on its outer part or you'll damage it.