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2018 Mitsubishi Mirage G4

Every safety complaint, recall and defect investigation the US government holds on this vehicle.

Owners have filed 11 safety complaints about the 2018 Mitsubishi Mirage G4 with the US government. Of those, 3 describe a crash, 3 people were injured and no death is recorded. One recall campaign is open against it, covering the air bags.

The most complained-about system is the air bags, named in 4 complaints, 36% of the total. The typical failure was reported at 8,651 miles, the median across the 5 complaints that gave an odometer reading.

Compiled from NHTSA's complaint, recall and investigation files · Covers August 2019 to September 2025 · How this is counted

What is on file

11 complaints on file

11

Complaints

3

Describe a crash

0

Mention fire

3

People injured

0

Deaths

A complaint is an unverified account by the person who filed it, not a finding of fault. One complaint is one ODI number, which is how NHTSA counts them.

A recall is the manufacturer conceding a defect, and the repair is free. Whether one covers your particular car is a question only its VIN can answer, because a campaign covers a production range rather than a model year.

Which system owners named

Complaints naming each system
AIR BAGS 4 · 36%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 4 · 36%
STRUCTURE 3 · 27%
ENGINE 2 · 18%
SEAT BELTS 2 · 18%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER 2 · 18%
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) 1 · 9%
POWER TRAIN 1 · 9%
SERVICE BRAKES 1 · 9%
STEERING 1 · 9%
0 4 8

Red marks a system with a recall campaign against it. One complaint can name several systems, so these add up to more than 11.

When the complaints arrived

By the year NHTSA received them

By the year NHTSA received them, which is not the year the failures happened. They peaked in 2019 at 6.

8 6 4 2
19 21 24 25

This is the year the complaint was filed, not the year the failure happened. The range runs from 2019 to 2025.

Crash test ratings

NHTSA New Car Assessment Program

NHTSA has not crash tested the 2018 Mitsubishi Mirage G4. Its New Car Assessment Program tests a selection of each year's vehicles and does not reach motorcycles, heavy trucks, motorhomes or most low-volume models, so an absence here says nothing about how the vehicle would perform. It is not a low score.

What owners have reported about this vehicle is below, and it is a different question: a crash test measures what happens to the people inside in a controlled impact, while a complaint records what broke during ordinary use.

Recall campaigns

1 on file

AIR BAGS

19V330000 · April 26, 2019

The defect
Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Mirage G4 vehicles. The internal acceleration sensor in the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Electronic Control Unit (ECU) can misinterpret vibrations, such as from poor road conditions or a flat tire, as a malfunction and disable all the vehicle's air bags.
The risk
Air bags that do not deploy increase the risk of injury in a crash.
The remedy
MMNA notified owners, and dealers will reprogram the SRS-ECU software, free of charge. The recall began May 24, 2019. Owners may contact MMNA customer service at 1-888-648-7820. MMNA's number for this recall is SR-19-001.

Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. · up to 26,016 vehicles across all model years covered

In owners’ own words

Quoted from the complaint file

Quoted from NHTSA's complaint file. These are unverified accounts by the people who filed them, not findings of fault.

AIR BAGS

2 injured · crash · towed

I WAS IN ACCIDENT WHERE MY FRONT IT BUCKLED AND REAR END IT COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND NO AIR BAGS WENT OFF. I WAS STOPPED AND HIT FROM BEHIND AT 45 MILES PER HOUR AND PUSHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. I WAS ON A CITY STREET IN DAMP CONDITIONS

NHTSA complaint 11287244. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

AIR BAGS

1 injured · crash · towed · 19,000 miles

ON NOVEMBER 18, 2019 I WAS IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT, HITTING A BUCK GOING 60 MILES AND HOUR, MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND MY SEATBELT FAILED TO LOCK ON IMPACT.

NHTSA complaint 11281593. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

STEERING

crash · towed

The 2018 Mitsubishi Mirage G4 has been having long issues with swaying when going over 60 mph. I kept bringing it back to the Mitsubishi dealership and complaining but they kept saying they could not replicate the problem. One day on the highway, a few years after constantly complaining the right front tire made a sound and the whole car swayed to the left almost flipping over. Luckily I maneuvered off the highway into a grassy area on the side of the shoulder. Several cars avoided colliding with me. Even after the almost fatal incident and being towed, the dealership claimed the issue could not be replicated. Now out of nowhere, for a paint issue while the car was in the shop they

NHTSA complaint 11596442, quoted in part. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

AIR BAGS
Seat belt got stuck under seat and light won’t go iff

NHTSA complaint 11688561. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

STRUCTURE:BODY
Drivers window bracket broke inside door causing glass to fall into door jamb.

NHTSA complaint 11426792. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

STRUCTURE:BODY
Drivers window started making clicking noises going up and down. Found bracket was broken inside door jamb

NHTSA complaint 11426793. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

SERVICE BRAKES

8,651 miles

A UN AO DE COMPRADO TOTALMENTE NUEVO EL VEHCULO ESTABA EN MARCHA CUANDO ME TOCABA FRENAR NO S DETUVO EL AUTO. Y TUVE QUE UTILZAR LA EMERGENCIA. SIN CONTAR QUE LOS PADS NO LE DURAN NI 7 MESES. LOS GASTA BIEN RPIDO. POR OTRO LADO, DESDE ANTES DEL CUMPLIR EL AO; EL VEHCULO ME HA DEJADO A PIES. PUES ENTIENDO QUE LA BATERA DEBE TENER UN DEFECTO DE FABRICACIN. YA SON 4 LAS VECES (INCLUYENDO EL DA DE HOY) QUE HE SOLICITADO ASISTENCIA POR ESTE MOTIVO. Y EN NINGUNA DE LAS OCASIONES SE HA DEJADO LUCES PRENDIDAS PARA QUE YO TENGA PROBLEMAS CON LA BATERA. Y CABE DESTACAR QUE EL CARRO LLEVA TODO EL MANTENIMIENTO AL DA. Y CUNTO CON TODA LA EVIDENCIA.

NHTSA complaint 11405334. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

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Other years of the Mitsubishi Mirage G4

Model year Complaints Recalls Deaths
2017 13 1 1

Other 2018 Mitsubishi models

Outlander 57 Outlander Sport 21 Eclipse Cross 19 Outlander PHEV 15 Mirage 10

Complaints on file, same model year.

Every Mitsubishi on this site — 46 vehicles.

If this is your car and a dealer keeps failing to fix it, your state's lemon law may require the manufacturer to replace it or buy it back. How many repair attempts it takes, and how long you have to file, is set by the state you bought in and by nothing on this page.

Where these numbers come from

A complaint is one owner's account and has not been verified by NHTSA or by us. A vehicle with more complaints is not necessarily worse: models that sold in larger numbers collect more of them. How this is counted.

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