AutoUtility currently tracks 39 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2015 Mitsubishi Mirage. Brakes & Traction Control issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 15 complaints (38.5% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 9 filings cite a crash, 7 report one or more injuries.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 39 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Brakes & Traction Control (15 reports • 38.5% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Air Bags & Restraints (8), Wheels & Tires (5)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 9 filings
  • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 7 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Reporting Methodology: Statistics describe unverified consumer submissions voluntarily filed with NHTSA. Complaint volume is not normalized for vehicle sales volume or miles driven. Multiple components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission.
Total Complaints
39
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
9
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
7
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2015 Mitsubishi Mirage

Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records

#1 Problem Area 38.5% of complaints

Brakes & Traction Control

15 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#2 Problem Area 20.5% of complaints

Air Bags & Restraints

8 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
⚠️ 6 crash reports 🩹 4 injury report entries
#3 Problem Area 12.8% of complaints

Wheels & Tires

5 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 1 crash report 🩹 1 injury report entry
#4 Problem Area 12.8% of complaints

Steering System

5 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#5 Problem Area 10.3% of complaints

Suspension

4 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
Domain Share Note: Share percentage represents the proportion of unique complaint filings referencing each vehicle system. Because single complaints may cite multiple systems (such as engine and electrical simultaneously), domain percentages represent individual category incidence and may sum to over 100%.

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2015 Mitsubishi Mirage

Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Engine & Cooling NHTSA ODI ID: #11718052
Filed: 02/14/2026

"My car Vibrates drastically, can see it while im looking at the engine. I can feel it in the car from the floor all way up to my steering wheel. It can be made available for an inspection upon request. Im worried parts may break apart or engine fall out. I had a private mechanic look at it amd he..."

Incident Date: 08/08/2020 • Raw NHTSA Component: ENGINE
Air Bags & Restraints NHTSA ODI ID: #11700551
Filed: 11/20/2025

"Recall # SR-17-006 was repaired. It appears as open on website."

Incident Date: 09/01/2022 • Raw NHTSA Component: AIR BAGS
Visibility, Wipers & Glass NHTSA ODI ID: #11460240
Filed: 04/09/2022

"Vent Blower failure: Past 4 months on 4 occasions vent blower intermittently would not come on but would come back on after 15 to 30 minutes, approximately. The last 3 days of vehicle operation the vent blower motor does not come on at all with the first of 3 days the blower could be heard running..."

Incident Date: 01/07/2022 • Raw NHTSA Component: VISIBILITY/WIPER
Powertrain & Transmission NHTSA ODI ID: #11436715
Filed: 10/13/2021

"mirage 2015 DL Automatic trasmission CVT, The rubber on the driver's left side has a buzzing sound, the caliper was replaced. CV Axle was replaced. Left side By manufacturer's warranty. on that side of the left side and also has a Wheel Bearing problem. on the left side it is making a very huge..."

Incident Date: 09/15/2021 • Raw NHTSA Component: SUSPENSION,POWER TRAIN
Brakes & Traction Control NHTSA ODI ID: #11413307
Filed: 04/21/2021

"IN AUGUST 2020, THE BUS BEGAN TO LOCK THE LEFT CALIPER OF THE FRONT RUBBER, WHICH TOOK THE DEALER CABRERA HERMANOS IN ARECIBO PR. AND THEY DID NOT FIND THE NOISE BUT THEY DID NOT AND AT THE HOUR THE BUS CONTINUES TO LOCK THE LEFT CALIPER. THEY REPAIRED A LEFT REAR CYLINDER AT THE TIME."

Incident Date: 12/08/2020 • Raw NHTSA Component: SERVICE BRAKES
Consumer Narrative Notice: Excerpts are sanitized text descriptions submitted by vehicle owners to the federal ODI database. They reflect the reporting consumer's observations at the time of filing and have not been independently confirmed by vehicle manufacturers or government investigators.

Complaint History for Mitsubishi Mirage

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2015–2024)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2015 Mitsubishi Mirage Current Page 39 9 2 Current
2017 Mitsubishi Mirage 28 9 2 View 2017 Problems →
2018 Mitsubishi Mirage 10 3 1 View 2018 Problems →
2019 Mitsubishi Mirage 5 2 0 View 2019 Problems →
2020 Mitsubishi Mirage 1 0 0 View 2020 Problems →
2021 Mitsubishi Mirage 1 1 0 View 2021 Problems →
2022 Mitsubishi Mirage 2 0 0 View 2022 Problems →
2023 Mitsubishi Mirage 0 0 0 View 2023 Problems →
2024 Mitsubishi Mirage 3 0 0 View 2024 Problems →
Comparative Disclaimer: Complaint totals are unadjusted historical counts and are not normalized for vehicles sold, active fleet size, or total road mileage. Newer model years naturally have had less calendar exposure time to accumulate owner filings.

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2015 Mitsubishi Mirage

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 24 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Air Bags NHTSA category: AIR BAGS 7 6 0 4 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES 7 0 0 0 0
STRUCTURE,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 2 0 0 0 0
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 2 0 0 0 0
Vehicle Speed Control NHTSA category: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 2 2 0 2 0
AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS 1 0 0 0 0
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
Engine NHTSA category: ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
Steering NHTSA category: STEERING 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,SUSPENSION 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,SUSPENSION,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,WHEELS,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,POWER TRAIN 1 0 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,WHEELS,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) 1 0 0 0 0
Tires NHTSA category: TIRES 1 1 0 1 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
Visibility & Wipers NHTSA category: VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 0 0 0 0
Wheels & Hubs NHTSA category: WHEELS 1 0 0 0 0
WHEELS,SERVICE BRAKES,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
Data Attribution & Reporting Methodology: Complaints are unverified voluntary submissions to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Because multiple vehicle components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission, component-level rollups may sum to more than the unique complaint count (39). Injury and fatality entries in the detailed table reflect raw values entered by reporting consumers across individual submissions; they are not deduplicated casualty statistics and may include duplicate or unverified entries. Complaint volume is not normalized for sales volume or vehicle mileage and does not represent an audited component failure rate.
Official US Government Data Provenance

The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.

Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.