1998 Mitsubishi Mirage problems
NHTSA has received 53 complaints about the 1998 Mitsubishi Mirage, and 19% of them involve air bags. Next are brakes (17%) and engine (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 53 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 19% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 18 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 14 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: 18 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 14 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 98% 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 1998 ranks 11th most-complained-about out of 13 model years of the Mitsubishi Mirage with enough data (34 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
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.
The vehicle's brakes failed. When the brake pedal was pressed there was a delay before the brakes engaged. This condition caused extended stopping distance. As a result of the brake failure the driver hit a pillar. The driver and two passenger's were injured.
While stopping during rain consumer's vehicle was rear ended by another vehicle, causing consumer to rear end a vehicle in front. Upon impact, driver's seat broke, and airbags did not deploy.
Driving on highway and defective tire blew out - not sure of cause (tread separation, sidewall cracks, etc.) incident tossed passengers violently about the car - car slight airborne damaged wires under hood of car; car totaled
While driving at 30 MPH the crank shaft pulley bolt recall 00 v 311 001 defect occurred. Prior to the incident the dealership had check the crank shaft pulley and indicated that everything was fine, and didn't need replacement.