Hey, I got a 2018 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport with the 2.0L w/ 82k miles. I went to go up a big hill at around 3k RPM. The CVT slipped a bit, lost power and revved up to 4k RPM. The ABS, check engine, and service 4WD lights came on. Then it regained power and I went on. Came back with 3 codes of P1773 (Pending, stored, and permanent). It says: "L/R DIR Solenoid" and "ABS/ASC Information". The lights come and go from time to time I start the car. When they are on the CVT acts funny, it slips and jolts. The 4WD doesn't work at all except for about the first 15 secs the car is driving after startup. Then the engine revs up a bit, looses power and I get the "service 4WD light" then I goes back to normal (except for the slipping and jolting).
I was wondering if this could be ABS wheel speed sensor (the left rear). I figured it could be sending false info to the trans control module making it shift weird also causing the 4WD not to engage. Any help or suggestions are appreciated! Hope I wasn't too confusing...
Well pray it is the sensor. The only way you're going to tell is paying a guy like me with a fancy scan tool. The road test it when it acts up. Then the scan tool records all that information and it's analyzed to see where the fault lies. You'd watch the dead on all the sensors if any of them were squirrely to see if one of them was going out
