I had a very serious accident last week while driving my 2021 Mitsubishi Mirage. The front of my vehicle was significantly impacted, but none of the airbags were deployed. I can't believe that this nearly brand-new car, which had all the inspections and services at the manufacturer's centers, has this problem. This is a life-threatening failure of a crucial safety component that didn't work during the accident. Everything has been documented by both the insurance company and myself and can be shown to other parties.
2021 Mitsubishi Mirage
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the air bags. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Bags | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsAir BagsCrash1 injured
Filed May 17, 2023GA
1 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 — this page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2020 | 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.