My husband and I were driving home one night from a friends birthday. At approx. 1:20am I was driving north in newark pompton turnpike located in wayne, nj 07470. My husband lifted the emergency brake (the reason is unknown) and the car instantly started spinning on a straight road. Within second the brakes released and sent the front of the vehicle airborne head on into a utility pole resulting in the instant death of my husband because the passenger side airbag did not deploy and my husbands cause of death was multiple force blunt trauma to upper torso I myself was 17 weeks pregnant this accident also LED to the result of death to my unborn child. I also was pinned under the dashboard and received multiple bilateral fractures and internal injuries. I was induced to a coma for 1 months before I work up now I deal with many leg problems and titanium rods, screws, and pins in both legs for rest of my life.
1994 Mitsubishi Mirage airbags problems
29 complaints (49% of all complaints for this car). 19 crashes reported.
- owner complaints
- 29
- of this car's complaints
- 49%
- crashes
- 19
- recalls
- 0
Which part fails
- Frontal22
At what mileage
Complaints by mileage at the time of the problem.
Mitsubishi Mirage airbags problems in other years
Specific symptoms reported on the 1994 Mitsubishi Mirage airbags
Phrases found in the owners' own descriptions, so one complaint can mention several symptoms.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Related investigations
Inadvertent air bag deployment
Allege that the driver's air bag may deploy from an undercarriage or tire/wheel impact with a curb, bump, dip pothole, etc.
EA99007
Oversensitive air bag deployments
Complaints allege that the driver-side air bag deployed without any vehicle impact or from minor undercarriage impact
PE98033
What 1994 Mitsubishi Mirage owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
Driver lost control after the emergency brake was enabled, car freewheeled and crashed head on into utility pole. Drive crushed up dashboard with severe life threatening injuries in critical condition. Passenger side airbag did not deploy and seatbelt did not retract in result my husband was killed immediately.
My boyfriend and I were driving down the road, when I had to come to a quick stop. I slammed on my brakes and my airbag enabled, when I was able to see what happened I was 5ft away from the car in front of me. I suffered a burn and bruises under my chin along with bruises on my arm and soreness on my chest. I did not hit anything and there was no impact! I have stopped worse then that before. Is this considered a manufacter defect?
While driving down hwy airbag deployed for unknown reason.
Vehicle experienced an inadvertent air bag deployment while driving at 30 MPH, no bump/pot hole, etc. Dealer notified and contacted manufacturer who informed consumer that they were willing to pay half on repairs. Feel free to provide any further details on this matter.
While vehicle was being driven and without a collision occurring driver's air bag deployed, cause unknown. Please give any further details.
No summary listed for above vehicle.
Ea 99 007/indavertent air bag deployment: while traveling on a gravel road of 20 MPH; driver's air bag deployed/ reason unknown? Driver received cuts and bruises on left arm. Dealer notified.
Consumer was going about 45 to 55mph when she was hit by a nother car going 5-10mph. Consumer's air bag failed to deploy, and she was injured. *ak
No deployment of driver airbag during vehivle collision caused injury to driver.
Questions about the 1994 Mitsubishi Mirage airbags
Does the 1994 Mitsubishi Mirage have airbags problems?
Owners have filed 29 complaints about the airbags of the 1994 Mitsubishi Mirage, 49% of all its complaints, more than any other problem.
At what mileage do 1994 Mitsubishi Mirage airbags problems start?
Not enough complaints include the mileage to tell.
Was there a recall on the 1994 Mitsubishi Mirage airbags?
There is no recall for this problem on this model year.
What year does the Mitsubishi Mirage have bad airbags?
The Mitsubishi Mirage model years with the most airbags complaints are 1995 (35 complaints), 1994 (29 complaints) and 1997 (15 complaints).
Other 1994 Mitsubishi Mirage problems
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