AutoUtility currently tracks 28 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2017 Mitsubishi Mirage. Air Bags & Restraints issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 15 complaints (53.6% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 9 filings cite a crash, 9 report one or more injuries, 1 reports one or more fatalities.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 28 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Air Bags & Restraints (15 reports • 53.6% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Electrical System (4), Driver Assistance & Safety Tech (3)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 9 filings
  • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 9 injury filings • 1 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
28
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
9
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
9
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
1
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2017 Mitsubishi Mirage

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

#1 Problem Area 53.6% of complaints

Air Bags & Restraints

15 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.
⚠️ 9 crash reports 🩹 11 injury report entries
#2 Problem Area 14.3% of complaints

Electrical System

4 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#3 Problem Area 10.7% of complaints

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

3 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#4 Problem Area 10.7% of complaints

Engine & Cooling

3 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#5 Problem Area 7.1% of complaints

Fuel & Propulsion System

2 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 2017 Mitsubishi Mirage

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

Air Bags & Restraints NHTSA ODI ID: #11554454
Crash Cited 1 Injury Entry Filed: 11/09/2023

"I was involved in an accident which rendered my Mitsubishi Mirage a total loss. There was severe damage to the front driver's side of my vehicle. I am concerned because none of the air bags deployed. I was traveling at approximately 40 mph when a large pickup truck with a brush guard on the front..."

Incident Date: 10/13/2023 • Raw NHTSA Component: AIR BAGS
Air Bags & Restraints NHTSA ODI ID: #11518226
Crash Cited 1 Injury Entry Filed: 04/21/2023

"The contact owns a 2017 Mitsubishi Mirage G4. The contact stated that after she took her sleep medication, she was unaware that she had gotten into her vehicle. The contact stated that while driving asleep at an undisclosed speed, she side-swiped two other parked vehicles, causing damage to the..."

Incident Date: 04/17/2023 • Raw NHTSA Component: AIR BAGS
Fuel & Propulsion System NHTSA ODI ID: #11518010
Filed: 04/20/2023

"This has happened 4 times in the last 2 weeks. While driving on the Interstate, the ABS light and skid control lights come on, shortly after all lights and the radio go off and the vehicle loses power. No power even when flooring the gas petal. Getting over to the side of the road, you can turn off..."

Incident Date: 04/09/2023 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Air Bags & Restraints NHTSA ODI ID: #11514399
Filed: 03/29/2023

"The driver seatbelt doesn’t lock to where it unlocks while driving. Also brakes have to be replaced often then the power control sensor made the car go limp out of no where. The engine light didn’t come on til way later after the car wouldn’t work properly. This is all a hazard to the person..."

Incident Date: 03/11/2023 • Raw NHTSA Component: SEAT BELTS,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES
Electrical System NHTSA ODI ID: #11396312
Filed: 02/15/2021

"IN ON ABOUT 2018 DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW MOTOR FAILED WITH WINDOW IN DOWN POSITION ON INTERSTATE IN THUNDERSTORM CAUSING LOW VISIBILITY AND RAIN AND SOME HAIL TO ENTER. DEALER CHANGED OR REPAIRED. THEN ABOUT 08/10/20 THE WINDOW MOTOR FAILED AGAIN. SOON AFTERWARDS THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW MOTOR..."

Incident Date: 01/01/2019 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER
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 39 9 2 View 2015 Problems →
2017 Mitsubishi Mirage Current Page 28 9 2 Current
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 2017 Mitsubishi Mirage

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 15 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 12 8 0 10 1
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 2 0 0 0 0
Powertrain NHTSA category: POWER TRAIN 2 0 0 0 0
AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS 1 1 0 1 0
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
Engine NHTSA category: ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
EQUIPMENT,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
EXTERIOR LIGHTING,AIR BAGS 1 0 0 0 0
EXTERIOR LIGHTING,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
SEAT BELTS,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 0 0 0 0
Vehicle Speed Control NHTSA category: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 1 0 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE 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 (28). 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.