Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Problem battery

Mitsubishi placed very neat two press releases online about duo molten batteries, including one in the new Outlander PHEV.

AutoWeek Mitsubishi Netherlands asked for an explanation.
One battery did not escape a fiery fate when he melted in the Mizushima plant. A second battery provided a poignant case, a dealer in Yokohama got his car which is no longer his place after him 'to a charger to have hung.

A melted spot on the ground suggested that something was wrong, one of the cells of the battery pack from the Outlander PHEV turned molten.

The supplier of the batteries says two weeks to have the cause. In the Netherlands are already more than 5,000 orders placed for the time being additions free Mitsubishi. What are the consequences for the Netherlands?

No worries
Mitsubishi Netherlands is not worried, but there is not much else to say about it. "The Netherlands intended Outlanders have yet to be produced, there begins Mitsubishi in the second half of April with it."

"If the solution is just within these two weeks indicated persists, we see no reason to expect that there will be problems for Dutch delivery".

Changes
it seems that the suppliers of the batteries recently made changes to the production process. The two batteries are hot-tempered after this adjustment. "It is suspected that there was something wrong, but that will appear in two weeks," said Mitsubishi Netherlands.

Yet no reason to panic so, if the cause of the problem found. Who has ordered an Outlander PHEV can thus confidently look forward to the Easter holidays.