Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1998 Mitsubishi Mirage submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 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
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. *NM AS A RESULT OF THE BRAKE FAILURE THE DRIVER HIT A PILLAR. THE DRIVER AND TWO PASSENGER'S WERE INJURED. *NM
1998 MITSUBISH MIRAGE HAD TO HAVE THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS DONE 2 TIMES IN 10,000 MILES. *AK
[SEE ODI ID: 705306, MY PROBLEM IS IDENTICAL] THE FRONT BRAKE DISCS ARE WOEFULLY INADEQUATE FOR THIS CAR AND I BELIEVE A MANUFACTURING DESIGN DEFECT. WE HAD TO TURN THE ROTORS TWICE AFTER BUYING IT, WITHIN THE WARRANTY PERIOD (36,000 MILES). MITSUBISHI SAYS IT IS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. I HAVE REPLACED THE ROTORS. THEY WARPED AGAIN AND THE NEW ROTORS HAVE BEEN TURNED ONCE AND ARE MAKING NOISE AGAIN, AND THE CAR SHAKES DURING BRAKING, INDICATING THEY NEED TO BE TURNED YET AGAIN. DURING HIGH SPEEDS, IF I APPLY BRAKES, THE CAR VIBRATES BADLY, AND IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN IF I HAD TO BRAKE SUDDENLY. THE DISC ROTORS WEAR OUT VERY FAST, AND ARE TOO THIN AND WARP EASILY.*AK
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE WHEELS LOCKED UP AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO HYDROPLANE ON WET GROUND. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN. *AK
FRONT BRAKE DISC PADS WEAR OUT AT A VERY HIGH RATE. ALSO, THIS WILL BE THE THIRD TIME THIS YEAR ROTORS WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THIS TIME THEY CONNOT BE TURNED AGAIN. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO REASON FOR THE DISC PAD LIFE TO BE THIS SHORT. I HAVE A TWO-YEAR OLD VEHICLE, AND BOUGHT THIS CAR TO REPLACE A CAR THAT WAS HAVING PROBLEMS. THIS CAR IS WORSE. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN NO HELD AT ALL STATING BRAKES ARE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. YOU WOULD THINK THE DEALERSHIP MIGHT REALIZE THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR QUALITY SINCE THE PAD LIFE IS SO SHORT. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKES WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD, AND VEHICLE DIDN'T STOP. VEHICLE SKIDED ABOUT 60 FEET AND COLLIDED WITH VEHICLE IN FRONT. IT CAME TO A STOP, AND THE AIR BAGS ON DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK
NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 98V059000 BRAKES:HYDRAULICAL:POWER ASSIST:CHECK VALVE, 1998 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE I TRIED TO COMMUNICATE WITH MITSIBISHI MOTOR SALES OF CARIBBEAN (DISTRIBUTOR IN PUERTO RICO) AND THEY TOLD ME THAT YOU SEND ME A NOTIFICATION ABOUT THE PROBLEM. AT THIS TIME, I'VE NOT RECEIVED ANY NOTIFICATION FROM YOU OR FROM THE DISTRIBUTOR. PLEASE TELL ME WHAT SHOUD I DO TO MAKE THE RECLAMATION. THANK YOU.
WHEN ACCELERATOR IS RELEASED VEHICLE BEGINS TO BRAKE WITHOUT OUT BRAKE PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED AND VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP FOR SEVERAL FEET WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED WHILE BACKING UP.
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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