Consumer Complaint Detail

MITSUBISHI / MIRAGE / 2000

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 002042080 Incident Date: Jun, 14 2002
Consumer's City: CHICAGO Consumer's State: IL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Model Name: MIRAGE Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Structure:body:door:hinge and attachments
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JA3AY26C3YU Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 10 2005 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Feb, 09 2000
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Dt: the contact owns 2000 mitsubishi mirage. the front driver and passenger side door hinges broke. the door hinge dropped, and the door simply fell off. these two occurrences happened over a period of five years. the doors were hard to open ,and the contact had to lift the doors to close them properly with normal use. the vehicle was taken to a dealer, who said there was nothing they could do about it. the hinges were replaced by the contact at his own expense. the second time this happened about a week ago. no repairs or corrections have been made due to the fact that the contact has not located a new set of hinges. the contact has not contacted the manufacturer. *ak