Audited US model-year file

1994 MITSUBISHI Mirage

Exact make, model and year evidence from official US sources. Recall campaigns, ODI investigations, complaint allegations and EPA estimates remain separate.

Model-year evidence is not a VIN check.

A campaign may cover only certain production dates, plants or equipment. A zero result here is not safety clearance. Use NHTSA’s official VIN tool for the individual vehicle.

Official VIN lookup ↗

01 · Safety actions first

1 NHTSA recall campaign

Exact model-level NHTSA results for 1994 MITSUBISHI Mirage. Campaign records are official safety actions; applicability to a particular car still requires its VIN.

01
NHTSA Recalls · US · received 2006-07-17

EXTERIOR LIGHTING

Campaign 06E065000
Summary

CERTAIN AJ MOTORSPORT COMBINATION LAMPS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON THE ABOVE LISTED PASSENGER VEHICLES. COMBINATION LAMPS NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.

Consequence

LACK OF AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS IN THE LAMPS WILL DECREASE LIGHTING VISIBILITY TO OTHER DRIVERS AND MAY POSSIBLY RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.

Remedy

AJ MOTORSPORT WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND OFFER REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE LAMPS. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 31, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT AJ MOTORSPORT AT 626-618-2026.

02 · Owner allegations

65 NHTSA complaints

Counts are not adjusted for sales, vehicle age, mileage, publicity or reporting behavior. They are allegations, not defect findings or a reliability score.

Crash mentions
23
Fire mentions
2
Injuries reported
25
Most-reported component labels
AIR BAGS31
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING7
SEAT BELTS7
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM5
POWER TRAIN5
SERVICE BRAKES5
Complaints across nearby Mitsubishi Mirage model years

Totals for the same nameplate, scaled against its highest year here. They are not adjusted for how many were sold, how old they are, how far they are driven, or how much publicity a fault received — an older or better-selling year will usually carry more reports. This shows where the reporting sits, not which year is better.

  1. 151992
  2. 731993
  3. 651994
  4. 701995
  5. 281996
  6. 741997

A dash means NHTSA holds no complaint record for that exact year, make and model. See all Mirage years with specs and fuel economy →

03 · Agency review

3 NHTSA ODI investigations

An investigation means ODI reviewed a possible safety issue for this exact model-year identity. Opening one is not a defect finding; closing one does not by itself clear a vehicle.

EA99007
Closed 2000-05-30 · opened 1999-03-16

INADVERTENT AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT

NHTSA source ↗

AIR BAGS · No associated recall campaign number was published in this investigation row.

PE98033
Closed 1999-03-16 · opened 1998-05-27

OVERSENSITIVE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENTS

NHTSA source ↗

AIR BAGS · No associated recall campaign number was published in this investigation row.

EA96015
Closed 1997-06-12 · opened 1996-06-28

AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT FAILURE

NHTSA source ↗

SEAT BELTS · Associated recall campaign 97V063001.

04 · EPA configurations

Fuel economy & specifications

FuelEconomy.gov records are summarized as ranges where this model name has multiple engines, drivetrains or trims.

EPA configurations
4
Combined economy
26–31 mpg/MPGe
City / highway
23–28 / 29–35 mpg/MPGe
Engine displacement
1.5–1.8 L
Cylinders
4
Fuel type
Regular
Drive
Front-Wheel Drive
Vehicle class
Subcompact Cars
Annual fuel-cost estimate
$2100–2500

05 · Evidence strength

Exact identity. Explicit limits.

No opaque score. Evidence strength is expressed through source availability, exact match method, jurisdiction and honest empty states.

exact match

Recall campaigns

1 exact US model-year records in this bounded view.

exact match

Complaints

65 exact US model-year allegations; narratives and VIN fragments are omitted.

exact match

ODI investigations

3 exact US model-year action numbers in the approved import snapshot.

canonical only

Model aliases

Only the exact NHTSA vPIC model name is published; unverified aliases are not merged.

not published

Manufacturer ownership

No rights-reviewed official ownership record is joined to this exact model-year.

PUBLIC EVIDENCE PASSPORT

Identity, freshness and provenance.

The canonical URL is this file’s permanent public identifier. Source IDs and timestamps show exactly what was matched and when; they do not turn the evidence into a verdict.

Permanent public ID
https://modelyearfacts.com/vehicle/1994/mitsubishi/mirage
NHTSA make ID
481
NHTSA model ID
2342
Match key
1994 · MITSUBISHI · Mirage · US
Live evidence requested
EPA publication catalogue
Complaint matrix snapshot
Imported safety snapshot
nhtsa-investigations · exact match

NHTSA ODI investigations

Action number, component, subject and open/close dates from the approved bulk import; long summaries omitted.

Open official source ↗
US-market boundary

Only NHTSA vPIC, NHTSA ODI complaints and investigations, NHTSA recalls and FuelEconomy.gov contribute to this vehicle claim. CPSC equipment notices are searched separately and never joined to vehicle fitment. UK MOT, Canadian, New Zealand and European records are not merged into this US claim.

06 · Research paths

Diagnose first. Confirm fitment.

These are transparent searches, not diagnoses or endorsed parts. Recall remedies come before purchases; exact part fitment requires VIN, trim, powertrain, production date and OE number.

Offers status: held

Awin US and R2 affiliate inventory are not published until a US programme, merchant and exact-fitment projection are approved. No offer currently has both merchant approval and exact vehicle fitment, so commercial links never count as evidence.