MITSUBISHI MIRAGE 1999 : Problems

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Steering Tie Rod

ODI ID: 724514 NHTSA Complaint ID: 227214

Make: Mitsubishi Model: 1999 MIRAGE 99

Component/Parts: Steering Tie Rod

Failure Date: May 28, 2000 Complaint Date: June 25, 2000

City/State: MESA, AZ (Arizona)
Crash: NA Fire: No Injured: 0 Deaths: 0

Complaint Description: car would shut off at any time/ would shut off when pulling out from a green light, or would shut off when stopping. was almost hit from behind each time it happened. and the fuel gage stopped going to full. fuel milage went from 32 mpg to 26 mpg. they took 8 days to repair the car because they did'nt know what was wrong with it. they had to talk to the engineers at mits. to find out how to fix it. they ended up reprograming the car. they said that this has happened to other cars too. but not this bad. *ak .