Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 12/06/2001 | 1 | 08/03/2001 | |
| Vehicle was rear ended by semi traveling 20 miles per hour, seat belts failed to hold driver and passenger in place, air bags did not deploy, driver suffered back, chest, knee and ankle injuries, passenger injuried spinitis tendon, bucket seats collapsed backwards touching rear bench seats. *tt | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 02/11/2003 | 20500 | 2 | 01/03/2003 |
| 2001 mitsubishi mirage involved in head-on collision with 1994 ford explorer. both vehicles estimated to be traveling 35 miles per hour. air bags did not deploy in 2001 mitsubishi. vehicle is a total loss. adjusters for both insurance companies involved commented that they were surprised that air bags did not deploy. contacted mitsubishi because of my concern that air bags did not deploy. asked if they could have representative inspect vehicle. their response was that there was probably too little impact to deploy air bags. when i explained that the vehicle was a total loss they said i could do whatever i wanted at my own expense and they would send me a brochure on air bags. | |||
| 07/17/2002 | |||
| Vehicle was involved in a frontal collision at 50 mph and neither air bag deployed. dealer and manufacturer had been notified.*ak | |||
| 08/12/2001 | |||
| While consumer was standing still at a red light vehicle was rearended by another vehicle at about 30 mph.. consumer's vehicle went into a spin, and stopped after hitting a fire hydrant head-on. upon impact, air bags did not deploy. has not contacted dealer.*ak | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL - SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE | |||
| 02/11/2003 | 20500 | 2 | 01/03/2003 |
| 2001 mitsubishi mirage involved in head-on collision with 1994 ford explorer. both vehicles estimated to be traveling 35 miles per hour. air bags did not deploy in 2001 mitsubishi. vehicle is a total loss. adjusters for both insurance companies involved commented that they were surprised that air bags did not deploy. contacted mitsubishi because of my concern that air bags did not deploy. asked if they could have representative inspect vehicle. their response was that there was probably too little impact to deploy air bags. when i explained that the vehicle was a total loss they said i could do whatever i wanted at my own expense and they would send me a brochure on air bags. | |||