Consumer Complaint Detail

MITSUBISHI / MIRAGE / 1993

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003212016 Incident Date: May, 01 2003
Consumer's City: PEWAUKEE Consumer's State: WI
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Model Name: MIRAGE Model Year: 1993
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JA3CA31A6PU Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 05 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Nov, 22 2002
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: My 16 year old daughter was driving her car late on friday night and it stalled out in a rural area. we had it towed to our mechanical and thinking it was the fuel pump. he informed me that the cam shaft had split. he said that this is very unusual. upon further research i have learned that mitsubishi has been aware of the fact that with the mirage there can be a problem with stalling due to an engine shaft defect. when i called mitsubishi all they said was there were no recalls on that and because the car is a 1993 with 103,000 miles there is nothing they would do. i strongly feel this is a warranty issue no matter how old the car is or how many miles it has. this is not something that preventative maintenance or normal and routine care could have prevented. it is a serious material defect. *nlm