Mitsubishi Mirage G4 Reliability by Year

Based on 2M+ real complaints filed with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

94 NHTSA complaints (2017–2024).Complaint rate: 454.1 per 1,000 vehicles.

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Should I buy a Mitsubishi Mirage G4?

Quick answer from 94 NHTSA complaints · 2017–2024

Mitsubishi Mirage G4 shows elevated crash or fire rates — buy with caution. 20.2% of reported complaints involved a crash — above the ~4% mainstream average. Most complaints relate to airbags. Inspect carefully or consider a different model in the same class.

Best years to buy
Most common Mitsubishi Mirage G4 problem: Airbags14 complaints (57.1% crash-involvement rate).

Keep scrolling for year-by-year complaint trends, recall campaigns, and component breakdowns — or click any year above for a full report.

Severity Score
23236.7
Complaints
94
Crash Rate
20.2%
Fire Rate
0.0%
Injuries
28
Fatalities
1

Which Years to Buy & Avoid

Years auto-clustered by complaint volume relative to this model's median.

Rankings based on raw NHTSA complaint counts. Sales volume data not yet available for this model.

Bottom line: Avoid the 2017–2019 Mitsubishi Mirage G4. The 2020–2021 models had significantly fewer reported issues. Most common issue across all years: Airbags.

Avoid These Years

2017–2019
~19/yr complaints · 18 crashes

Average

2022–2023
~10/yr complaints

Better Years

2020–2021
~4/yr complaints

Too New

2024
10 complaints so far

Need 3+ years on the road for reliable complaint data.

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Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA complaint count per model year

Common Mitsubishi Mirage G4 Problems

Most reported component complaints to NHTSA. Bar length = volume; color = crash-involvement rate.

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ComponentComplaintsCrash %
Airbags1457.1%
Electrical Faults110.0%
Engine Problems80.0%
Brakes60.0%
Steering Defects616.7%
Body Structure540.0%
Transmission / Drivetrain425.0%
Suspension Failures40.0%
Seat Belt Issues475.0%
Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking30.0%
Data Sources & Methodology

Complaints: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation consumer complaint database (94 records for this model). Public domain data, updated monthly.

Sales data: Not yet available for this model. Complaint counts are shown as raw numbers.

Rate calculation: Complaints per 10,000 vehicles sold = (complaint count / US annual sales) x 10,000. This normalizes for sales volume so high-volume models like Civic or Camry aren't unfairly penalized.

Year classifications: AVOID = 1.5x+ the model's median complaint count. GOOD = 0.6x or below. Years less than 3 years old are marked TOO NEW (insufficient data).

See also: Mitsubishi Mirage G4accident & safety statistics from our vehicle history database.

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