Safety Score
94
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
31
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2001 Mitsubishi Mirage.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-13 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2001 Mitsubishi Mirage. The contact stated that the front driver's side seat belt failed to retract,… |
| 2011-12-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | 2001 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO REIMBURSE FOR REPAIRS RELATED TO STEERING, RATTLING AND RE-TORQU… |
| 2009-12-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2001 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE APPX 105,000 MILES. PURCHASED MAY 2007. VEHICLE'S FUSE BOX CAUGHT FIRE AND CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAM… |
| 2008-05-28 | TIRES | No | 0 | THE VALUES ON THREE OF MY TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE. I HAD TWO OF THE TIRES REPAIRED (DRIVER'S FRONT AND REAR) AND REPLACED… |
| 2007-10-30 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS | No | 0 | POOR MANUFACTURING LEADING TO EVENTUAL OPERATIONAL FAILURE. THE HOOD HINGE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE HAS SEIZED… |
| 2007-03-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HORN IS NOT WORKING. HE HAD TO PULL THE FUS… |
| 2006-12-20 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | I PUNCHED OUT FROM MY JOB AND GOT INTO MY CAR. I DROVE APPROXIMATELY 8 MINUTES AWAY.I WAS IN MY CAR WAITING FOR THE TRA… |
| 2006-05-27 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | WHILE I WAS PARKING AND WHILE APPLYING LITTLE PRESSURE TO THE GAS PEDAL THE AUTOMOBILE ACCELERATED AND SURGED FORWARD C… |
| 2006-03-01 | SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER | No | 0 | MY REAR MIDDLE SEAT BELT DID NOT FUNCTION SO WHEN I WENT TO GET MY SAFETY CHECK FROM MITSUBISHI HAWAII THEY CHARGED ME … |
| 2005-11-24 | EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC. | No | 0 | UPON INITIAL PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE IT WAS NOTED THAT EXTENDED USE OF THE CD PLAYER CAUSED THE PLAYER TO OVERHEAT AND … |
| 2005-11-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. ALSO, THE SPEEDOMETER DID NOT REGIST… |
| 2005-08-14 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS | No | 0 | A FEW MONTHS AGO, THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR STARTED BECOMING DIFFICULT TO CLOSE. I THOUGHT AT FIRST THE HINGE NEEDED TO O… |
| 2005-05-10 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS | No | 0 | BOTTOM HINGE ON PASSENGER SIDE DOOR IS SEIZED UP. WHEN DOOR IS OPENED , THE PART OF THE DOOR WHERE THE HINGE IS SECURE… |
| 2005-04-11 | EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER | No | 0 | THE AIRCONDITIONER COMPRESSOR BLEW A PRESSURE VALVE BECAUSE ONE OF THE VALVES STUCK. THIS CAR IS A 2001 MISTUBISHI MIRA… |
| 2005-03-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS | No | 0 | DRIVER'S' DOOR HINGE FAILURE - DOOR FALLING OFF VEHICLE. NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED, JUST STARTED HAPPENING. MITSUBISHI DENIE… |
| 2004-05-14 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS | Yes | 0 | I PURCHASED A NEW MIRAGE FROM A DEALER IN 2001. I MIGHT HAVE HAD ABOUT 53,000 MILES ON THE CAR WHEN I STARTED HAVING BR… |
| 2004-02-09 | STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE | Yes | 0 | WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL TOWARDS THE RIGHT IT LOCKED, CAUSING A REAR END COLLISION. *AK |
| 2003-09-03 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS | No | 0 | ON 9/3/03 MY 2001 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE WOULD NOT IDLE AND KEPT CUTTING OUT EVERY TIME YOU CAME TO A STOP. I TOOK IT TO RIC… |
| 2003-05-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | PAINT RUBS OFF THE CAR IN FOUR AREAS (FRONT-UNDER THE HOOD, BACK-BY THE LICENSE PLATE, AND RUNNING BOARD AREA UNDER THE… |
| 2003-05-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | IGNITION KEY DOES NOT ALWAYS TURN TO START THE ENGINE. LOCKS UP COMPLETELY, CANNOT START THE CAR. CHANGING KEYS DOES … |
| 2003-02-11 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 2 | 2001 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE INVOLVED IN HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH 1994 FORD EXPLORER. BOTH VEHICLES ESTIMATED TO BE TRAVELING … |
| 2002-10-09 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | Yes | 1 | WHILE BRAKING THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE DEALER HAS REPLACE… |
| 2002-07-17 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 50 MPH AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN… |
| 2002-07-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL HESITATE AND SURGE FORWARD UNEXPECTEDLY.*AK |
| 2002-07-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL HESITATE AND SUDDENLY ACCELERATE.*AK |
| 2002-05-14 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | WHEN APPLYING VERY LITTLE PRESSURE TO THE GAS PEDAL (SUCH AS WHEN LEAVING OR ENTERING A PARKING SPACE) THE CAR ACCELERA… |
| 2002-01-09 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | WHILE COMING TO A STOP ENGINE STALLED, VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY DEALER BUT NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND. VEHICLE HAS STALLED 2 … |
| 2001-12-06 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE | Yes | 2 | VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED BY SEMI TRAVELING 20 MILES PER HOUR, SEAT BELTS FAILED TO HOLD DRIVER AND PASSENGER IN PLACE, AI… |
| 2001-08-12 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 2 | WHILE CONSUMER WAS STANDING STILL AT A RED LIGHT VEHICLE WAS REARENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AT ABOUT 30 MPH.. CONSUMER'S … |
| 2000-12-22 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | COMPLAINT TYPE INVOLVES A PAINT DEFECT. I PURCHASED A NEW 2001 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE FROM PATRIOT FORD - MITSUBISHI IN BE… |
| — | POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING THE TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP GEARS CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUME… |