Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. 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. 18 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
I SAW THE RECALL ID 00V311001 BUT I HAVE ALREADY PAID FOR THE FIX OF MY CAR BECAUSE I DIDN'T SAW THE RECALL WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT THE MONEY I PAID TO A MECHANIC I SPED $700.00 DOLLARS ON THE REPAIRS I HOPE YOU CAN HELP ME THANKS. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, AN UNKNOWN INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. A LOCAL MECHANIC STATED THAT IT WOULD COST $2,200 TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER THE CONTACT DOES NOT KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED. THE # OF CYLINDERS, PURCHASE DATE, AND MILEAGE INFORMATION WERE UNKNOWN.
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 00-V-311-001 NOTICE FROM MANUFACTURER. IT HAD BEEN OVER 2 MONTHS, AND NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. *AK
RECALL 00-V-311-001: MIRAGE MODEL VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 1.5L ENGINES; THE BOLT SECURING THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY CAN BECOME LOOSE AND THE PULLEY COULD FALL OFF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. DEALER WON'T HONOR THE RECALL.*AK THE BOLT HOLDING CRANSHAFT PULLEY BECAME LOOSE AGAIN. *TS *NLM
WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTSDOWN. AT TIMES VEHICLE WILL NOT START. ALSO, PROBLEM OCCURS, NO LIGHTS ILLUMINATES ON DASH. CAUSE UNKNOWN PLEASE GIVE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
AFTER RECEIVING THE RECALL NOTICE ONE DAY BEFORE THE FAILURE, THE DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THE PARTS WOULD REQUIRE A 9 DAY WAIT. THE VEHICLE ENGINE NOW OPERATES WORSE THAN IT EVER HAS BEFORE AND HAS COST OVER 3000 DOLLARS IN ADDITIONAL REPAIRS BROUGHT ON BY THE FAILURE. DEALER WAS VERY BELLIGERENT AND UNCOOPERATIVE IN THE RECALL. I ACTUALLY HAD TO PUSH MY CAR TWO BLOCKS TO THE SERVICE CENTER FROM WHERE IT WAS PARKED(AFTER PART FAILURE).*AK
CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR A RECALL OOV31101000/ PULLEY/ CRANKSHAFT REPAIRS TO BE DONE. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE IN THREE TIMES FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS.*AK
RECALL 00-V-311-001 CONCERNING CRANKSHAF/PULLEY BOLT. CONSUMER TAKEN VEHICLE INTO DEALER TWICE ALREADY FOR THIS RECALL TO BE TAKEN CARE OFF. BUT, EACH TIME T SAID THAT THE TOOLS WERE NOT IN.*AK
RECALL 00 V 311 001; REPLACEMENT BOLT SECURING CRANKSHAFT PULLEY FAILED. DEALER WILL REPAIR VEHICLE A SECOND TIME UNDER RECALL.*AK
RECALL 00 V 311 001/CRANKSHAFT PULLEY BOLT: VEHICLE TAKEN FOR APPOINTMENT AT SOUTH LAKE MITSUBISHI, MORROW, GA; PHONE# 770/603-6225. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT DEALERSHIP WAS OUT OF PARTS. THEY TIGHTENED PULLEY BOLT, AND ADVISED CONSUMER NOT TO CALL THEM UNTIL PARTS HAVE ARRIVED. PARTS ARRIVED, AND CURRENTLY THEY WANT TO CHARGE CONSUMER FOR PARTS. ASKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK RECALL WAS COMPLETE WITH NO CHARGE TO CONSUMER. *SLC
THE RADIOS RECEPTION IS POOR DUE TO A LOOSE CONNECTION. NLM
AS THE VEHICLE WAS BEING BACKED OUT OF A PARKING SPACE THE HARMONIC BALANCER FELL OFF THE CAR, THE ENTIRE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NLM
CRANKSHAFT RECALL PROBLEM REPAIRED, BUT THIS PROBLEMS LOOSENED MY PISTON ROD CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO PURCHASE A NEW ENGINE AT $5000. *AK
VEHICLE STALLS ON STARTUP AND AT HIGHWAY SPEED. ENGINE CUTS OUT AND THEN STARTS BACKUP
INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *AK
VEHICLE EXPERIENCING ON GOING PROBLEM WITH ENGINE STALLING FROM COLD STARTED AND FROM A STOP POSTION; DEALER/MFR'S WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS:
VEHICLE STALLS WHEN STARTED UP. VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *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.
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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