1990 Mitsubishi Mirage problems
NHTSA has received 37 complaints about the 1990 Mitsubishi Mirage, and 51% of them involve seat belts. Next are engine (19%) and electrical system (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 37 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Seat belts 51% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 1 complaint mentions a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 3 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1990 ranks 13th most-complained-about out of 13 model years of the Mitsubishi Mirage with enough data (14 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Both front passive restraints activate incompletely intermittently stopping. Belt may resume securing while driving catching driver off guard. Please describe.
The front passenger side automatic seat belt retractor when turn on car the seat belt will not retract to the person in the seat. Tt
Both driver's/passenger's passive restraints tightened while already engaged, more frequent w/drivers side. Please describe details.
Tl* the contact owns a 1990 mitsubishi mirage. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled sporadically at initial start-up or when driving various speeds. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but was not diagnosed for the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 20,000 and the current mileage was 82,000. ## VIN passed ## mitsubishi mirage 1990 ##