1991 Mitsubishi Mirage problems
NHTSA has received 45 complaints about the 1991 Mitsubishi Mirage, and 31% of them involve seat belts. Next are electrical system (22%) and brakes (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 45 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Seat belts 31% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 7 and 3
- 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: 7 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 3 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 86% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1991 ranks 12th most-complained-about out of 13 model years of the Mitsubishi Mirage with enough data (22 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.
While driving vehicle,smelled of fuel odor, started getting stronger while driving along, pulled over, turned off ignition, checked under hood, fire burning on top of engine area.
While driving, the consumer smelled plastic/rubber burning and suddenly vehicle caught on fire under the hood. The consumer pulled over and called the fire department. The local fire department arrived and extinguished the fire. The vehicle was towed to the dealer for inspection. The consumer noticed a leakage. The consumers daughter was using the vehicle when the it caught fire. The dealer stated that it was an electrical fire. The brake light would come on intermittently.
Consumer experienced 4 brake failures while driving. As a result, on time the vehicle went into a ditch. Brake pad separated from the caliper and fell off. This was due to the casting for the brake pad hardly going into the flat. Another time the problem was worse when the pads were new.