Owner-reported complaints naming the airbag system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1997 Mitsubishi Mirage submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 15 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
VEHICLE HIT A DRAIN IN THE YARD AT 5 MPH AND BOTH FRONTAL AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER CAN'T FIND REASON FOR PROBLEM. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK MECHANIC WROTE THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OR REAR OF THE VEHICLE TO MAKE THE AIR BAGS DEPLOY. *PH *JB
WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. NO INJURIES. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE $ 4500.00. *AK *YH
THE RADIOS RECEPTION IS POOR DUE TO A LOOSE CONNECTION. NLM
WHILE AT A RED LIGHT ANOTHER CAR REAR ENDED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. CONSUMER THEN HIT THE CAR IN FRONT, TOTALLING VEHICLE. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED.*AK
WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 65 MPH, HAD A VERY BAD TIRE BLOWOUT. FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRES, AND BACK DRIVER'S SIDE TIRES BLEWOUT, CAR HIT A CONCRETE WALL, AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED AND INFLATED. HOWEVER, PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, BUT DID NOT INFLATE. CONSUMER FELT SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED IN THIS TYPE OF SITUATION. *AK
HAD A SIDE IMPACT NEAR THE GAS TANK. WHILE DRIVER WAS COMING OUT OF THE VEHICLE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY, CAUSING INJURIES TO THE DRIVER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
DRIVER HIT A DEER WITH A 65 MPH IMPACT , DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING NECK/ LOWER BACK, AND FACE INJURIES TO DRIVER, EVEN WITH SEATBELT WORN. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT THE SPEEDS OF 60-65MPH VEHICLE STRUCK A 180 POUND DEER, CAUSING SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE OR PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER SUFFERED INJURIES TO THE BACK AND NECK. ALSO, DRIVER'S FACE STRUCK STEERING WHEEL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING 35-40 MPH THE VEHICLE HYDROPLANED AND SLID DOWN INTO A EMBANKMENT IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT. *AK
WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END CRASH THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, BUT THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN THE OCCUPANT, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO HIT HEAD ON WINDSHIELD, AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT RESULTED IN SCRAPES AND BRUISING. REPORTED BY DEBBIE BARKER AT STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY. *AK
CONSUMER WAS SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A LEFT TURN WHEN SHE WAS HIT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE AT APPROX 40-45MPH. THE AIR BAGS DID DEPLOY, BUT THE DRIVER SIDE EXPLODED. *AK
OVERHEAD DOME LIGHT AND SRS LIGHT COME ON. GAS GUAGE FAILS TO WORK PROPERLY, NOT SHOWING CORRECT AMOUNT OF FUEL. VEHICLE WANDERS UNEXPECTEDLY CARBON BUILD UP CAUSES VEHICLE TO STALL. SPEEDOMETER SHOWS DIFFERENT SPEED THAN ACTUALLY DOING; WHEELS VIBRATES; WAS TOLD TIRES CUPPING.
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 60 MPH, CONSUMER DROVE OFF THE ROAD ON THE GRAVEL AREA AND DROVE OVER A LITTLE DISH, TEMPORARILY LOSING CONTROL OF VEHICLE. AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT A REASON. *AK
VEHICLE SLID ON MUD NO COLLISION WITH OTHER VEHICLE OR OBSTACLE, FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG.
DURING IMPACT THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSING CONSUMER TO SUSTAIN BURNS TO THE SKIN. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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