The contact owns a 2020 Mitsubishi Mirage. The contact stated that while driving on several occasions at various speeds, there was an abnormal burning odor coming from the brakes with an abnormal grinding sound coming from the brakes. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and was diagnosed, and it was determined that the calipers had seized. The contact stated that the brake pads and rotors needed to be replaced. The contact stated that the brake pads and rotors had been replaced 5-6 times in a year; however, the failure reoccurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 49,000.
2020 Mitsubishi Mirage
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › foundation components › disc › rotor. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filings1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 1997| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2020 — this page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2018 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2017 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2015 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2014 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Fatalities reported |
| 2002 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2001 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2000 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 1999 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1998 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 0 | Routine |
| 1997 | 74 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 1996 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 1995 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 1994 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Fatalities reported |
| 1993 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1992 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1991 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Routine |
| 1990 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Routine |
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.