Consumer Complaint Detail

MITSUBISHI / MIRAGE / 1999

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 000040096 Incident Date: May, 27 2000
Consumer's City: MESA Consumer's State: AZ
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Model Name: MIRAGE Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Steering:linkages:tie rod assembly
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: AT THE GARA Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 24 2000 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 31 1999
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Car would shut off at any time/ would shut off when pulling out from a green light, or would shut off when stopping. was almost hit from behind each time it happened. and the fuel gage stopped going to full. fuel milage went from 32 mpg to 26 mpg. they took 8 days to repair the car because they did'nt know what was wrong with it. they had to talk to the engineers at mits. to find out how to fix it. they ended up reprograming the car. they said that this has happened to other cars too. but not this bad. *ak