Consumer Complaint Detail

MITSUBISHI / MIRAGE / 1999

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 001066221 Incident Date: Feb, 24 2001
Consumer's City: NORTH CHARLESTON Consumer's State: SC
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: Fuel system, gasoline:fuel injection system
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JA3AY26A0XU Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 26 2001 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Dec, 31 2000
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Preparing to go on a trip, i filled my vehicle with gas. after driving the vehicle for approximately 10 minutes i notice the vehicle beginning to accelerate then slow down. i looked over at the gas needle and it had dropped from the full mark to empty and the fuel light came on. the vehicle began to loose power. i pulled over to the side of the bridge, waited for approximately 10 minutes and the gas hand returned to the full position and the car was drivable again. this happen three times within an hours period of time. in looking at complaints over the internet, there have been several report problems of the same nature ~ reported on edmunds.com. *ak