1995 Mitsubishi Mirage problems
NHTSA has received 93 complaints about the 1995 Mitsubishi Mirage, and 43% of them involve air bags. Next are brakes (13%) and electrical system (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 93 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 43% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 44 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 34 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: 44 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 34 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 99% 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 1995 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 13 model years of the Mitsubishi Mirage with enough data (60 complaints in that window).
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.
Driver was involved in a rearend collision in which the two front seats released from the upright position. Consumer states the retractor also failed, there were three injured people in the accident. *slc
Failure on the driver's and passenger's side air bags, consumer was involved in an accident and the driver's and passenger's side air bags did not deploy.
1. Rear-end collision. There were no visual or mechanical defects observed before or after the accident. When vehicle was struck from behind. While stopped, the seat sounded as though it zipped through the gears in the chair and the backrest at the same time, leaving the backrest locked in the recline position. I was thrown backward and the seat belt extended all the way out and wrapped around my right leg just above the kneecap injuring my back and neck.
Tl*the contact owns a 1995 mitsubishi mirage. The contact was involved in a crash with another vehicle. His vehicle was completely destroyed. The air bags failed to deploy; however, the air bag light indicated that they were activated. The contact has a copy of the police report. He has not notified the manufacturer. The speed and powertrain were unknown. The current and failure mileages were 123,468.