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Car trackers for a Mitsubishi: built-in tracking and theft risk, model by model

No. Mitsubishi Motors South Africa lists no built-in tracking, app or connected service: its Triton, Pajero Sport and ASX pages offer only smartphone-link audio with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.1 No Mitsubishi appears on any recent hijacking list we checked, from King Price’s 2026 top 10 to AutoTrader’s risk report, but that doesn’t stop an insurer asking for a tracker.2,3

Checked on 27 October 2026 against Mitsubishi Motors South Africa’s spec sheets, brochures and model pages.

Mitsubishis sold in South Africa, at a glance
ModelBuilt-in trackingKeyless entry and startImmobiliser and alarm
Triton double cabNone; smartphone-link display audio only4GLS and Bi-Turbo; not the GL4Immobiliser on all five; no alarm listed4
Triton single cabNone listed1Not available on either GL5Immobiliser; no alarm listed5
Pajero SportNone; smartphone-link display audio only6Keyless Operating System on the 4x2 and 4x4 in the sheet6Neither listed6
ASXNone; “Smartphone link” only7Smart key on every derivative8,9Neither listed8
XpanderNone; SDA radio and Bluetooth10Xpander Cross only11Both, on all three versions11

Does Mitsubishi have built-in tracking in South Africa?

Not that Mitsubishi publishes. Mitsubishi Motors South Africa’s site doesn’t mention a Mitsubishi app, Mitsubishi Connect, connected services, telematics, tracking or a bundled tracker, and the Triton Bi-Turbo, Pajero Sport and ASX pages list only smartphone-link display audio.1 With no factory service, there is no subscription, control room or insurer approval to weigh up either.

What Mitsubishi does sell is a tracker as an extra. Its finance arm lists Vehicle Tracking among its value-added products and says: “A tracking device can help to track and recover a hijacked or stolen vehicle.” It adds that a tracker “might lead to a lower vehicle insurance premium”, but names no tracking company, model or price, and refers you to a policy booklet for the details.12 So it is one quote among several, and worth comparing before you add it to a finance agreement.

Are Mitsubishis targeted by hijackers?

Not by name. We found no Mitsubishi on King Price’s or AutoTrader’s 2026 lists, on Fidelity ADT’s list of the models targeted in recent incidents, or in Cars.co.za’s and The Star’s 2025 round-ups of the cars hijackers want.2,3,13,14,15

Being off the lists isn’t protection: they give no counts, and your insurer sets its own rules for each car. For bakkies in general, see our guide to the bakkies named most often.

Mitsubishi Triton

The double-cab Triton’s spec sheet lists smartphone-link display audio, on an 8-inch screen or a 9-inch one with navigation, and nothing that tracks the bakkie. The Keyless Operation System is standard on the GLS 4WD manual, GLS 2WD and 4WD automatics and the Bi-Turbo, but not on the GL 4WD manual. All five have remote keyless entry and an immobiliser.4

The single-cab GL 2WD and GL 4WD have neither remote keyless entry nor the Keyless Operation System, and the GL 2WD doesn’t list central locking. Both have an immobiliser.5 Neither the spec sheet nor the brochure lists an alarm on any Triton.

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Mitsubishi Pajero Sport

The Pajero Sport’s spec sheet lists “Smartphone-link Display Audio (SDA) with CarPlay and Android Auto Connected to an 8” Touch Screen”, and no tracking. It puts the Keyless Operating System among the safety features of both the 2.4L DI-DC 4x2 and 4x4 automatics, and lists neither an immobiliser nor an alarm.6 Mitsubishi’s current page also lists Aspire, Exceed and Shogun 4x4 derivatives that the sheet doesn’t cover, so check the equipment on the one you are buying.16

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Mitsubishi ASX

The ASX comes as the 2.0 ES and LS, each manual or CVT, and the Aspire CVT, and its page lists only a “Smartphone link”.7 Every version has a smart key. In Mitsubishi’s words, “the driver can simply lock and unlock the doors by touching the door handle … the driver may start the engine by pressing the Start Button.” Neither the ES and LS sheet nor the Aspire’s lists an immobiliser or an alarm.8,9

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Mitsubishi Xpander

The Xpander’s spec sheet lists an SDA radio and Bluetooth, and no tracking.10 It is the only Mitsubishi whose papers list an alarm: the 2025 brochure gives every version, the manual, the automatic and the Xpander Cross, an immobiliser and an anti-theft alarm. Only the Cross gets the Keyless Operation System, with two transmitters and an engine switch.11

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What to fit to a Mitsubishi

A tracker with a recovery service, because nothing Mitsubishi lists will report where the car is. Most of the range is keyless, from the Triton GLS and Bi-Turbo to the Pajero Sport, the ASX and the Xpander Cross, and King Price’s warning applies to all of them: “Keyless car thefts and remote jamming are becoming a real trend.”17

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Questions people ask

Can I track my Mitsubishi?

Only with a tracker you have fitted. Mitsubishi Motors South Africa lists no app, connected service or telematics for its cars, so nothing from the factory shows where a Triton, Pajero Sport, ASX or Xpander is.

Does Mitsubishi have a tracking device?

Not on the cars it sells here. The South African spec sheets list smartphone-link audio, keyless entry on some versions and, on the Triton and Xpander, an immobiliser, but no tracking device or locator.

Is Mitsubishi Connect available in South Africa?

Mitsubishi Motors South Africa’s site doesn’t mention Mitsubishi Connect or any other connected service, and its model pages list only smartphone-link audio, so treat a South African Mitsubishi as having none.

Sources

  1. Mitsubishi Motors South Africa, “Mitsubishi Motors South Africa”, no date shown (read 27 October 2026). mitsubishi-motors.co.za
  2. King Price Insurance, “Most hijacked cars in South Africa (2026 crime statistics)”, 4 March 2026, last reviewed 28 April 2026. blog.kingprice.co.za
  3. Auto Trader SA, “SA’s most-hijacked car brands: the 2026 risk report”, 15 April 2026. autotrader.co.za
  4. Mitsubishi Motors South Africa, “Triton double cab specification sheet”, uploaded July 2026. mitsubishi-motors.co.za
  5. Mitsubishi Motors South Africa, “Next-Gen Triton digital brochure”, May 2025. mitsubishi-motors.co.za
  6. Mitsubishi Motors South Africa, “Pajero Sport specification sheet”, 14 May 2025. mitsubishi-motors.co.za
  7. Mitsubishi Motors South Africa, “ASX”, modified 6 January 2026. mitsubishi-motors.co.za
  8. Mitsubishi Motors South Africa, “ASX specification sheet”, August 2023. mitsubishi-motors.co.za
  9. Mitsubishi Motors South Africa, “ASX Aspire specifications”, August 2023. mitsubishi-motors.co.za
  10. Mitsubishi Motors South Africa, “Xpander specification sheet”, uploaded September 2024. mitsubishi-motors.co.za
  11. Mitsubishi Motors South Africa, “Xpander and Xpander Cross brochure (25MY)”, March 2025. mitsubishi-motors.co.za
  12. Mitsubishi Motors Financial Services, “Vehicle Tracking”, no date shown (read 28 October 2026). financialservices.mitsubishi-motors.co.za
  13. BusinessTech, quoting Fidelity ADT, “8 cars hijackers are targeting in South Africa, with one new addition”, 9 February 2026. businesstech.co.za
  14. Cars.co.za, citing Fidelity, “Most Hijacked Cars in South Africa”, 22 January 2025. cars.co.za
  15. The Star, on Personal Finance, “Hijackers target Gauteng as demand for stolen vehicles rises sharply”, 29 June 2025. persfin.co.za
  16. Mitsubishi Motors South Africa, “Pajero Sport 4x4 SUV”, modified 22 October 2026. mitsubishi-motors.co.za
  17. King Price Insurance, “Car theft and keyless cars”, 23 March 2016, modified 1 June 2026. blog.kingprice.co.za