2001 Mitsubishi Mirage — reported problems
CarFaultIQ holds 73 evidence records for the 2001 Mitsubishi Mirage, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.
What owners report: issue areas
Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 42 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.
- Speed control & accelerator7 (16.7%)
- Body & structure6 (14.3%)
- Air bags (restraint system)5 (11.9%)Official recall records for this system: 7, covering model years 2014–2018.
- Electrical system4 (9.5%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2014–2015.
- Brakes3 (7.1%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 1998–2016.
- Seat belts3 (7.1%)
Other / uncategorized: 2 classifications (4.8%) 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.
- 1995 95 records for 1995
- 1996 55 records for 1996
- 1997 127 records for 1997
- 1998 92 records for 1998
- 1999 102 records for 1999
- 2000 81 records for 2000
- 2001 73 records for 2001
- 2002 39 records for 2002
- 2014 184 records for 2014
- 2015 170 records for 2015
- 2016 47 records for 2016
- 2017 119 records for 2017
- 2018 83 records for 2018
- 2019 56 records for 2019
- 2020 25 records for 2020
- 2021 31 records for 2021
- 2022 26 records for 2022
- 2023 17 records for 2023
- 2024 18 records for 2024
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
- 9mention a crash
- 1mention a fire
- 7mention 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 5
- Manufacturer communications NHTSA 37
- Owner complaints NHTSA 31
Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle
These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.
A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.
Where to go next
- Mitsubishi Mirage coverage hub Published problems, year windows and buyer guidance for this model.
- Evidence Explorer — the underlying records Read the individual recalls, investigations, manufacturer communications and complaints these counts come from.
- All model years of the Mitsubishi Mirage Compare how much evidence is held for each year before narrowing to one.
- Browse all vehicle coverage Every make and model CarFaultIQ has published coverage for.