1994 Mitsubishi Mirage defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1994 Mitsubishi Mirage. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• INADVERTENT AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT
  Engineering Analysis EA99007 · opened Mar 16, 1999 · closed May 30, 2000

  Allege that the driver's air bag may deploy from an undercarriage or tire/wheel impact with a curb, bump, dip pothole, etc.

• OVERSENSITIVE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENTS
  Preliminary Evaluation PE98033 · opened May 27, 1998 · closed Mar 16, 1999

  Complaints allege that the driver-side air bag deployed without any vehicle impact or from minor undercarriage impact

• AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT FAILURE
  Engineering Analysis EA96015 · opened Jun 28, 1996 · closed Jun 12, 1997 · led to recall 97V073001

  The automatic shoulder belt allegedly malfunctions or fails