Consumer Complaint Detail

MITSUBISHI / MIRAGE / 1994

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007114374 Incident Date: Aug, 04 2007
Consumer's City: AGOURA HILLS Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Model Name: MIRAGE Model Year: 1994
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:wiring:fuses and circuit breakers
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JA3EA26AXRU Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 04 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Jun, 30 1994
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 20 amp fuse blows without warning while driving and cuts off engine causing the car to die on the road every time. this happened four (4) times in the past three (3) months and has been reported to nhtsa twice already - see list of complaints for mitusbishi mirage 1994, also see vehicle owner questionnaire (voq) form attached to each of the previous reports posted on the nhtsa website. the first six (6) incident reports on the same 20 amp fuse problem have been reported to nhtsa - see complaint page. the first reported incident with the fuse occurred on 04/28/97 which was within the emissions warranty term, but mitsubishi ignored it. other fuse blowing incidents have occurred since the first six incidents were reported to nhtsa. the latest fuse blowing incident was on 08/03/2007 on the 101 fwy near camarillo, ca. the vehicle is currently with westlake motors, thousand oaks, ca for the never-ending fuse problem. they have been dealing with this problem since 1997. all they do is change the fuse and say it is not going to happen and it happens again and again and again presenting mortal danger to driver and car occupants as well as to other drivers on the road. other reports on the same fuse problems with mitsubishi were found googling the internet. this is a major defect that has been covered up by the manufacturers and its agents for a very long time. please investigate and make mitsubishi fix this problem once and for all. the manufacturer has been refusing to change components (ecu, sensors, electrical harness, fuses, etc.) since 1996 or take car back under california lemon law since car owners lacked representation. please help!! *jb