1997 Mitsubishi Mirage — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 97 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Engine17 (17.5%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 1997–2001.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)16 (16.5%)
• Air bags (restraint system)15 (15.5%)Official recall records for this system: 7, covering model years 2014–2018.
• Brakes9 (9.3%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 1998–2016.
• Seat belts7 (7.2%)
• Suspension6 (6.2%)

Other / uncategorized: 2 classifications (2.1%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (928 records, model years 1995–2024) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), brakes and engine.
• Manufacturer communications (1,175 records, model years 1995–2024) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, engine and electrical system.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1995 95 records for 1995 95
2. 1996 55 records for 1996 55
3. 1997 127 records for 1997 127
4. 1998 92 records for 1998 92
5. 1999 102 records for 1999 102
6. 2000 81 records for 2000 81
7. 2001 73 records for 2001 73
8. 2002 39 records for 2002 39
9. 2014 184 records for 2014 184
10. 2015 170 records for 2015 170
11. 2016 47 records for 2016 47
12. 2017 119 records for 2017 119
13. 2018 83 records for 2018 83
14. 2019 56 records for 2019 56
15. 2020 25 records for 2020 25
16. 2021 31 records for 2021 31
17. 2022 26 records for 2022 26
18. 2023 17 records for 2023 17
19. 2024 18 records for 2024 18

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 13mention a crash
• 1mention a fire
• 11mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 4
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 49
• Owner complaints NHTSA 74

Explore the underlying evidence records