Consumer Complaint Detail
MITSUBISHI / MIRAGE / 2001
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006090723 | Incident Date: Dec, 19 2006 |
| Consumer's City: MEMPHIS | Consumer's State: TN |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. |
| Model Name: MIRAGE | Model Year: 2001 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Vehicle speed control |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JA3AY26C41U | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 03 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jun, 30 2002 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I punched out from my job and got into my car. i drove approximately 8 minutes away.i was in my car waiting for the traffic light to change to green. there were about 4 or 5 cars ahead of me.i had my foot on the brake when my car took off like a race car (very fast).i applied my brake and it felt as though it didn't want to hold.i then applied both feet to the brake pedal in an almost standing up position trying to get the vehicle to stop.it eventually stopped. this incident happened either on december 20th or december 21st. the reason i didn't give a definitive date is that my receipt is in my car. this has never happened to me in my life, it happened at an inopportune time because i would have received over time that week; but due to my car not being finished (fixed) until 4:00 p.m. i lost a day of work. very next morning i took my vehicle to firestone on elvis presley blvd. i explained what happened to the manager and he said to me "maam we don't have anyone here that can fix that problem", the manager then said that he has read somewhere where that has happened to some vehicles. he said there maybe a recall and then advised me to take the vehicle to the dealer. i left his shop and went to gossett/mitsubishi motors on covington pike; this is where i purchased my car from. i explained it to the woman who greeted me. i told her what the manager at firestone revealed to me about the recall. she said that she will look into that. she said that the charge $105.00 just to look at the vehicle, but it will be applied towards the bill (as an offset). after they finished looking at my car she said that they don't know what caused that to happen and they don't know if it will or won't happen again. the lady said that i did have a little corrosion in my fuel injectors and this may be the problem. she also said that i need to have my timing/serpentine belts replaced. i paid for the fuel injectors there and i went to a second firestone to have the 3 belts replaced. *nm |