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Mitsubishi Caribbean MIRAGE problems and owner complaints

Explore the records behind recurring owner reports.

Key facts

5 owner complaints analyzed

7 distinct recall campaigns

49,328 mi median reported failure mileage

Scope: 1986 to 2001 model years. Data updated: 2026-10-01 (October 1, 2026). 2 complaints include usable failure mileage. View data status.

This selection has limited data. It remains available for lookup but is excluded from search indexing.

Owner-reported patterns

Most common problems

Electrical System is the most frequently named component, appearing in 1 of 5 complaints (20.0%). A complaint can name multiple components.

Recurring terms in complaint narratives
Topic	Matching reports	Share of complaints
Transmission and shifting	1	20.0%
Engine operation	1	20.0%

Topic matches use published keyword rules. They describe mentions, including negations or comparisons, and do not confirm a diagnosis. Read the matching rules.

Component breakdown

Number of unique complaints naming each component. Top eight shown.

Electrical System

Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine

Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine:Gasoline:Belts And Associated Pulleys

Latches/Locks/Linkages:Doors:Latch

Seat Belts

Structure:Body:Door:Hinge And Attachments

Structure:Frame And Members

Component breakdown data
Category	Count
Electrical System	1
Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine	1
Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine:Gasoline:Belts And Associated Pulleys	1
Latches/Locks/Linkages:Doors:Latch	1
Seat Belts	1
Structure:Body:Door:Hinge And Attachments	1
Structure:Frame And Members	1

Electrical System: 1; Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine: 1; Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine:Gasoline:Belts And Associated Pulleys: 1; Latches/Locks/Linkages:Doors:Latch: 1; Seat Belts: 1; Structure:Body:Door:Hinge And Attachments: 1; Structure:Frame And Members: 1

Reported problems by failure mileage

Complaint counts in mileage bands. These are not failure rates per vehicle or mile.

Under 25,000

25,000 to 49,999

50,000 to 74,999

75,000 to 99,999

100,000 to 149,999

150,000 and above

Under 25,000: 0; 25,000 to 49,999: 1; 50,000 to 74,999: 1; 75,000 to 99,999: 0; 100,000 to 149,999: 0; 150,000 and above: 0

25,000 to 49,999 miles has the most reports with usable mileage (1). 3 complaints have missing, zero or invalid mileage.

Complaints over time

Year the complaint was filed, not the vehicle model year or incident year. The snapshot year is partial.

2004

2005

2006

2004: 1; 2005: 3; 2006: 1

Pattern summary

Electrical System leads the component reports. Transmission and shifting appears in 1 complaint narratives. Engine operation appears in 1 complaint narratives. Use these patterns to inspect individual reports and prepare questions for a mechanic.

Calculated from recorded counts. An AI narrative has not been published for this selection.

Complaint evidence

Examples provide context, not a representative sample or a verified diagnosis.

Owner report 10154075 · 2006-03-14 (March 14, 2006)

1999 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE METAL BEAM SUPPORTING THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION CORRODED, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THIS COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS INJURY. *TS *JB

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10154075 at NHTSA ↗

Owner report 10111661 · 2005-02-16 (February 16, 2005)

THE PULLEY BELT SHEARED OFF WHILE DRIVING. THIS CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO STALL. DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. DRIVER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED MORE THAN ONCE AND HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10111661 at NHTSA ↗

Compare model years

Recalls by model year

All campaigns in the snapshot affecting each model year, including recalls announced years later.

From yearThrough year

Recall campaigns

Shared campaigns appear once in each affected model year.

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1993

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

1986: 1; 1987: 1; 1988: 1; 1989: 1; 1990: 1; 1991: 1; 1993: 2; 1997: 1; 1998: 3; 1999: 3; 2000: 1; 2001: 1

First model yearSecond model year

Year-by-year records

Mitsubishi Caribbean MIRAGE model-year comparison
Model year	Complaints	Recalls	Change in recalls
1986	0	1	Not available
1987	0	1	0
1988	0	1	0
1989	0	1	0
1990	0	1	0
1991	0	1	0
1993	1	2	Not available
1997	1	1	Not available
1998	0	3	+2
1999	2	3	0
2000	1	1	-2
2001	0	1	0

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Inspect model-year patterns, reported mileage, monthly activity and the evidence behind each signal.

Data completeness

5 unique complaints in this selection. Analysis snapshot: 2026-10-01.

40.0%Usable mileage2 / 5 records

100.0%Valid incident date5 / 5 records

100.0%Valid filing date5 / 5 records

100.0%Ordered incident and filing dates5 / 5 records

Missing, zero and invalid mileage is excluded. Dates after the snapshot are excluded. Examples are limited selections, not a representative sample.

Problems by model year

Model-wide comparison of the eight most reported components across the model. Cells show counts and shares within each model year. Open a cell for source examples.

From model yearThrough model year

Component complaint heatmap
Component	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1993	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Electrical System	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	150.0% ODI 10124761 · 68,655 mi 1999 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED .*NO ANSWER REQUIRED. MR SC JB Look up ODI 10124761 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.
Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	150.0% ODI 10124761 · 68,655 mi 1999 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED .*NO ANSWER REQUIRED. MR SC JB Look up ODI 10124761 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.
Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine:Gasoline:Belts And Associated Pulleys	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	1100.0% ODI 10111661 THE PULLEY BELT SHEARED OFF WHILE DRIVING. THIS CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO STALL. DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. DRIVER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED MORE THAN ONCE AND HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK Look up ODI 10111661 at NHTSA ↗	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.
Latches/Locks/Linkages:Doors:Latch	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	1100.0% ODI 10117580 1993 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE HAS PROBLEMS WITH SEAT BELT EQUIPMENT. MR RECALL CAMPAIGN# 97V073001. THE SEAT BELTS FAILED ON THE DRIVERS DOOR WHEN ATTEMPTING TO USE. THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT LATER HAD BECOME SLUGGISH. THE RUBBER DOOR LATCH SWITCH ON THE DRIVERS DOOR WAS INTERMITTENT. SC Look up ODI 10117580 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.
Seat Belts	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	1100.0% ODI 10117580 1993 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE HAS PROBLEMS WITH SEAT BELT EQUIPMENT. MR RECALL CAMPAIGN# 97V073001. THE SEAT BELTS FAILED ON THE DRIVERS DOOR WHEN ATTEMPTING TO USE. THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT LATER HAD BECOME SLUGGISH. THE RUBBER DOOR LATCH SWITCH ON THE DRIVERS DOOR WAS INTERMITTENT. SC Look up ODI 10117580 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.
Structure:Body:Door:Hinge And Attachments	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	1100.0% ODI 10096723 · 30,000 mi THE LOWER DOOR HINGES WAS DAMAGED. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT GETTING IN AND OUT OF THE DOOR WAS GETTING HARDER TO DO. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED MITSUBISHI. HOWEVER, THEY STATED THAT IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. JB TC Look up ODI 10096723 at NHTSA ↗	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.
Structure:Frame And Members	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.	150.0% ODI 10154075 1999 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE METAL BEAM SUPPORTING THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION CORRODED, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THIS COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS INJURY. TS JB Look up ODI 10154075 at NHTSA ↗	00.0% No examples available for this selection.	0Unavailable No examples available for this selection.

Darker cells indicate a larger share of submitted complaints. Components overlap. This measures complaint composition, not failure probability.

Failure mileage by component

Median and middle 50% of usable owner-reported mileages. Ranges require at least five records.

Component failure mileage distribution
Component	Mileage range (25th–75th percentile)	Median	Usable records	Examples
Electrical System	Too few reports for a range	68,655 mi	1 (sparse)	ODI 10124761 · 68,655 mi 1999 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED .*NO ANSWER REQUIRED. MR SC JB Look up ODI 10124761 at NHTSA ↗
Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine	Too few reports for a range	68,655 mi	1 (sparse)	ODI 10124761 · 68,655 mi 1999 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED .*NO ANSWER REQUIRED. MR SC JB Look up ODI 10124761 at NHTSA ↗
Structure:Body:Door:Hinge And Attachments	Too few reports for a range	30,000 mi	1 (sparse)	ODI 10096723 · 30,000 mi THE LOWER DOOR HINGES WAS DAMAGED. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT GETTING IN AND OUT OF THE DOOR WAS GETTING HARDER TO DO. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED MITSUBISHI. HOWEVER, THEY STATED THAT IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. JB TC Look up ODI 10096723 at NHTSA ↗

Complaint and recall timeline

Explore monthly filing activity alongside recall announcements. Up to ten years of monthly history is available.

ComponentPeriod

Solid line: filed complaints. Dashed amber lines: recall announcement dates for this vehicle selection; markers include all recall components. The latest month is partial. Temporal proximity does not establish causation.

Monthly counts, recall campaigns and complaint examples

Monthly complaint and recall timeline
Month	Campaigns announced	Examples
2024-11	None	No examples available for this selection.
2024-12	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-01	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-02	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-03	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-04	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-05	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-06	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-07	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-08	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-09	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-10	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-11	None	No examples available for this selection.
2025-12	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-01	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-02	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-03	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-04	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-05	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-06	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-07	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-08	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-09	None	No examples available for this selection.
2026-10 (partial)	None	No examples available for this selection.

Emerging complaint spikes

Complete months in the latest six months with at least 10 complaints, at least twice the preceding 12-month average, and at least three square-root deviations above that average.

This is a descriptive screening rule, not a statistical defect finding. Publicity and reporting changes can increase submissions.

No complete months meet the spike thresholds for this selection.

Equal-age model-year comparison

Model-wide cumulative reports during the first three or five calendar years, starting with the model year (age 0). Only fully elapsed windows are compared.

Observation windowFirst model yearSecond model year

2000: 1 complaints · 2001: 0 complaints

Equal observation windows
Model year	Through age 0	Through age 1	Through age 2
2000	0	0	1
2001	0	0	0

Date coverage across each selected cohort

Date basis for all complaints in selected model years
Year	Incident dates used	Filing date fallbacks	Excluded dates
2000	1	0	0
2001	0	0	0

Incident date is preferred when valid and no later than filing; otherwise filing date is used. Model year approximates age. Equal observation time does not adjust for sales, distance driven or reporting delays. One complaint linked to multiple model years can appear in each cohort.

Components reported together

Each cell counts unique complaints naming both components. Open a nonzero cell for examples.

Component co-occurrence matrix
Component	Electrical System	Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine	Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine:Gasoline:Belts And Associated Pulleys	Latches/Locks/Linkages:Doors:Latch	Seat Belts	Structure:Body:Door:Hinge And Attachments	Structure:Frame And Members
Electrical System	—	1 ODI 10124761 · 68,655 mi 1999 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED .*NO ANSWER REQUIRED. MR SC JB Look up ODI 10124761 at NHTSA ↗	0	0	0	0	0
Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine	1 ODI 10124761 · 68,655 mi 1999 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED .*NO ANSWER REQUIRED. MR SC JB Look up ODI 10124761 at NHTSA ↗	—	0	0	0	0	0
Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine:Gasoline:Belts And Associated Pulleys	0	0	—	0	0	0	0
Latches/Locks/Linkages:Doors:Latch	0	0	0	—	1 ODI 10117580 1993 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE HAS PROBLEMS WITH SEAT BELT EQUIPMENT. MR RECALL CAMPAIGN# 97V073001. THE SEAT BELTS FAILED ON THE DRIVERS DOOR WHEN ATTEMPTING TO USE. THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT LATER HAD BECOME SLUGGISH. THE RUBBER DOOR LATCH SWITCH ON THE DRIVERS DOOR WAS INTERMITTENT. SC Look up ODI 10117580 at NHTSA ↗	0	0
Seat Belts	0	0	0	1 ODI 10117580 1993 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE HAS PROBLEMS WITH SEAT BELT EQUIPMENT. MR RECALL CAMPAIGN# 97V073001. THE SEAT BELTS FAILED ON THE DRIVERS DOOR WHEN ATTEMPTING TO USE. THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT LATER HAD BECOME SLUGGISH. THE RUBBER DOOR LATCH SWITCH ON THE DRIVERS DOOR WAS INTERMITTENT. SC Look up ODI 10117580 at NHTSA ↗	—	0	0
Structure:Body:Door:Hinge And Attachments	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Structure:Frame And Members	0	0	0	0	0	0	—

Co-reporting does not establish that one component caused another concern.

Recurring narrative patterns

Specific keyword mentions beyond broad component labels. Matching includes negations and comparisons and does not confirm a diagnosis.

Search patterns

2 patterns with matching reports.

Stalling or loss of power

1 mentions · 20.0% of complaints

Median mileage: Unavailable (0 usable records).

ODI 10111661

Look up ODI 10111661 at NHTSA ↗

Matching rule

\b(stall\w*|loss of power|lost power|engine shut\w* off)\b

Warning lights and dashboard alerts

1 mentions · 20.0% of complaints

Median mileage: 68,655 mi (1 usable records).

ODI 10124761 · 68,655 mi

1999 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED .***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR *SC *JB

Look up ODI 10124761 at NHTSA ↗

Matching rule

\b(warning light\w*|check engine|dashboard warning\w*|malfunction indicator)\b