Safety Score
86
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1997 Mitsubishi Mirage.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-02-06 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | I SAW THE RECALL ID 00V311001 BUT I HAVE ALREADY PAID FOR THE FIX OF MY CAR BECAUSE I DIDN'T SAW THE RECALL WHAT CAN I … |
| 2007-06-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, AN UNKNOWN INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHT ILL… |
| 2006-12-10 | CHILD SEAT | No | 0 | TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN MAKING A TURN ITHE SAFETY SEAT WILL FLIP OVER. SHE HAS TO HOLD THE SAFETY SEAT WH… |
| 2005-02-17 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM | No | 0 | LEFT FRONT CONTROL ARM RUSTED THROUGH ON THE CONSUMER'S 1997 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE.*MR *NM |
| 2003-10-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 00-V-311-001 NOTICE FROM MANUFACTURER. IT HAD BEEN OVER 2 MONTHS, AND NO PARTS WERE AVAILAB… |
| 2003-08-22 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | RECALL 00-V-311-001: MIRAGE MODEL VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 1.5L ENGINES; THE BOLT SECURING THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY CAN BE… |
| 2003-06-05 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT IS INOPERATIVE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK |
| 2003-01-09 | EQUIPMENT | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE. THE CLIPS THAT SECURES THE FLOOR-MATS TO THE FLOORBOARD HAS FRACTURED… |
| 2002-09-16 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY. DT |
| 2002-09-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THE PULLEY BELT CAME OFF AND PARTS OF THE ENGINE FELL OFF. THE … |
| 2002-08-29 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | AFTER PARKING VEHICLE, CONSUMER STATES' THERE WAS BURNING AND SMOKING COMING FROM THE BRAKES. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE … |
| 2001-08-28 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. NO INJURIES. DAMAGE TO … |
| 2001-04-01 | WHEELS:HUB | No | 0 | WHEELS: HUB HAS CRACKED. CONTACTED DEALER .*AK |
| 2001-03-23 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | RECALL 00 V 311 001; REPLACEMENT BOLT SECURING CRANKSHAFT PULLEY FAILED. DEALER WILL REPAIR VEHICLE A SECOND TIME … |
| 2001-03-02 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT AFTER BEING PULL OUT ALL THE WAY. HAD BEEN REPORTED TO DEALER, BUT THEY COU… |
| 2001-02-09 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | CONSUMER BEEN HAVING PROBLEM WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION THAT WILL NOT WORK FORWARD OR IN REVERSE. TECHNICIAN INDI… |
| 2001-01-08 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR A RECALL OOV31101000/ PULLEY/ CRANKSHAFT REPAIRS TO BE DONE. CONSUMER HAS TAKE… |
| 2000-12-25 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | CRANKSHAFT RECALL PROBLEM REPAIRED, BUT THIS PROBLEMS LOOSENED MY PISTON ROD CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO PURCHASE A NEW ENGI… |
| 2000-12-06 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING COULD STEP ON BRAKE PEDAL AND ROTORS WILL MAKE NOISES LIKE GRINDING METAL TO METAL. ROTORS HAD BEEN REPLA… |
| 2000-11-25 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | AFTER RECEIVING THE RECALL NOTICE ONE DAY BEFORE THE FAILURE, THE DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THE PARTS WOULD REQUIRE A 9 D… |
| 2000-11-25 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SEAT BELT WILL NOT PULL OUT, SOMETIMES LEFT BACK SEATBELT WILL NOT WORK EITHER. *AK |
| 2000-11-22 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | RECALL 00 V 311 001/CRANKSHAFT PULLEY BOLT: VEHICLE TAKEN FOR APPOINTMENT AT SOUTH LAKE MITSUBISHI, MORROW, GA; PHONE# … |
| 2000-10-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE STALLS ON STARTUP AND AT HIGHWAY SPEED. ENGINE CUTS OUT AND THEN STARTS BACKUP |
| 2000-10-10 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | WHILE AT A RED LIGHT ANOTHER CAR REAR ENDED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. CONSUMER THEN HIT THE CAR IN FRONT, TOTALLING VEHICLE… |
| 2000-10-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | RECALL 00-V-311-001 CONCERNING CRANKSHAF/PULLEY BOLT. CONSUMER TAKEN VEHICLE INTO DEALER TWICE ALREADY FOR THIS RECA… |
| 2000-08-17 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE CAR IS HAVING A PROBLEM SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND AFTER RUNNING TESTS THEY DE… |
| 2000-08-10 | SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK | No | 0 | MY CAR IS ONLY THREE YEARS OLD AND HAS BEEN SERVICED AS SUGGESTED. ALL OF A SUDDEN MY TRANSMISSION GOES OUT. THE MANU… |
| 2000-06-30 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE EXPERIENCING ON GOING PROBLEM WITH ENGINE STALLING FROM COLD STARTED AND FROM A STOP POSTION; DEALER/MFR'S WAS … |
| 2000-06-17 | TIRES | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 65 MPH, HAD A VERY BAD TIRE BLOWOUT. FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRES, AND BACK DRIVER'S SIDE TIRES BL… |
| 2000-06-15 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | No | 0 | EVERY TIME IT RAINS, I MUST USE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, BUT THEY FAIL TO WORK AT ALL SOMETIMES--ABOUT 50% OF THE ATTEMPTS, … |
| 2000-06-08 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | HAD A SIDE IMPACT NEAR THE GAS TANK. WHILE DRIVER WAS COMING OUT OF THE VEHICLE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY, CAUSI… |
| 2000-04-24 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | BRAKE PEDAL AND STEERING WILL VIBRATE REALLY BADLY AT 40 AND 65 MPH. TOOK TO VEHICLE TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THIS … |
| 2000-04-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | (AT AROUND 57, 000 MILES, WE HAD THE CAR SERVICED 11/30/99. INCLUDED WAS A 60,000 MILE TRANSMISSION CHECK AND SERVICE.… |
| 2000-01-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WARNING LIGHT/DEVICES | No | 0 | DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT FAIL TO RETRACT PROPERLY, IT STARTED WHEN SRS LIGHT STAYED ON, DEALER REPLACED SPRI… |
| 1999-12-17 | TIRES | No | 0 | FIRESTONE TIRE CAME APART( DOT NUMBER: ) |
| 1999-10-10 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | DRIVER HIT A DEER WITH A 65 MPH IMPACT , DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING NECK/ LOWER BACK, AND FACE INJURIES TO DR… |
| 1999-08-09 | POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION UNDER WARRANTY, FIFTH GEAR FAILURE TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP WHO ORDER THE PARTS THEN SAID LATER THAT THE WHOL… |
| 1999-06-17 | POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 5TH GEAR BROKE WHILE HIGHWAY CRUISING. HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION FAILURE INCLUDING HARD SHIFT, RATTLING G… |
| 1999-06-02 | POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER 5 TIMES FOR SAME PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION HARD TO SHIFT WHEN COLD. GRINDS BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND G… |
| 1999-05-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | No | 0 | BRAKE PADS/ROTORS FAILED PREMATURELY AND CAUSED A GRINDING NOISE WHILE DRIVING. *ET |
| 1999-03-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE, AND THE BRAKES GO STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBO… |
| 1999-02-28 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 35-40 MPH THE VEHICLE HYDROPLANED AND SLID DOWN INTO A EMBANKMENT IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S A… |
| 1998-12-02 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | Yes | 1 | WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END CRASH THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, BUT THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN THE OCCUPAN… |
| 1998-12-01 | POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | IT IS HARD TO GOO TO THE FIRST GEAR IF STOPED. IT IS ALSO HARD TO CHANGE GEARS AS DRIVING. SOME TIMES IT IS WORSE THEN … |
| 1998-08-08 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 2 | CONSUMER WAS SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A LEFT TURN WHEN SHE WAS HIT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE AT APPROX 40-45MPH. THE AIR BAGS DI… |
| 1998-07-24 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 60 MPH, CONSUMER DROVE OFF THE ROAD ON THE GRAVEL AREA AND DROVE OVER A LITTLE DISH, TEMPOR… |
| 1998-06-13 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | VEHICLE SLID ON MUD NO COLLISION WITH OTHER VEHICLE OR OBSTACLE, FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG. |
| 1998-06-13 | SEATS | Yes | 1 | DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEATS WERE NOT LOCKED OR ANCHORED INTO PLACE WHEN VEHICLE WAS REARENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. TH… |
| 1998-01-20 | EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC. | No | 0 | THE RADIOS RECEPTION IS POOR DUE TO A LOOSE CONNECTION. NLM |
| 1998-01-11 | POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | PROBLEM #1) IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE PURCHASE OF THE CAR, I BECAME AWARE THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. THE CAR STALLS WH… |