Selling a junk Mitsubishi Mirage
Any Mirage sells for scrap or parts, running or not. Below: what owners report most often for each model year, the recalls on file, and which of those change the offer. Enter your ZIP for a buyer near you.
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What owners report about the Mitsubishi Mirage
NHTSA has 655 owner complaints on file for the Mitsubishi Mirage, model years 1995 to 2022, the 360th-most of the 423 models in our data. The most-reported components are air bags (140, 21%), brakes (91, 14%), engine and cooling (53, 8%). 200 complaints involved a crash, 10 a fire, and 32 say the vehicle had to be towed. The median mileage when the problem was reported is 40,988 miles. The 1997 model year has the most complaints (105). Data as of 2026-10-12.
When the top complaint is air bags, the question for a seller is whether a buyer will resell the car, pull the parts or scrap it. Read our guide to selling a car after an accident: it explains which offers assume the part works and how to describe the car so the price holds at pickup.
Mitsubishi Mirage by model year
| Year | Complaints | Most reported | Crash | Fire | Recalls | Median miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 93 | Air bags | 44 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 1996 | 40 | Air bags | 14 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 1997 | 105 | Transmission and drivetrain | 18 | 1 | 4 | — |
| 1998 | 53 | Air bags | 18 | 2 | 5 | — |
| 1999 | 74 | Brakes | 20 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 2000 | 55 | Electrical system | 18 | 1 | 5 | — |
| 2001 | 51 | Air bags | 23 | 1 | 5 | 51,000 |
| 2002 | 5 | Brakes | 2 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 2014 | 63 | Air bags | 18 | 3 | 3 | 29,000 |
| 2015 | 60 | Brakes | 9 | 0 | 2 | 28,002 |
| 2016 | 3 | Air bags | 3 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 2017 | 21 | Air bags | 4 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 2018 | 16 | Air bags | 6 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 2019 | 10 | Electrical system | 2 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 2 | Brakes | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 2 | Air bags | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 2 | Brakes | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Complaints are owner reports to NHTSA, not confirmed defects. Median miles is the odometer reading owners gave when they reported a problem, shown only where 20 or more reports include it.
Mitsubishi Mirage recalls
NHTSA lists 12 recall campaigns across these model years, most often for lights (5), engine and cooling (2), air bags (2). Recall repairs are free at a franchised dealer. Before you sell, check your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls; a buyer who plans to resell the car will.
- 2014 model year, air bags (campaign 17V686000, Oct 2017): Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) is recalling certain 2014-2018 Mirage vehicles. The internal acceleration sensor in the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Electronic Control Unit (ECU) can misinterpret vibr…
- 2017 model year, lights (campaign 16V675000, Sep 2016): Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) is recalling certain model year 2017 Mirage vehicles manufactured October 28, 2015, to August 4, 2016 and equipped with High Intensity Discharge (HID) headlamps. The affected …
- 2014 model year, electrical system (campaign 15V815000, Dec 2015): Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Mitsubishi Mirage vehicles manufactured July 27, 2013, to September 2, 2015. If the driver enters an affected vehicle with their feet…
- 2014 model year, air bags (campaign 15V594000, Sep 2015): Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (Mitsubishi) is recalling certain model year 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage vehicles manufactured July 27, 2013, to November 20, 2013, and 2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV vehicles manufactured Octobe…
- 1997 model year, lights (campaign 09E025000, May 2009): DOPE, INC. IS RECALLING 42,540 COMBINATION CORNER AND BUMPER LAMP ASSEMBLIES OF VARIOUS PART NUMBERS SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES. THESE HEADLAMPS FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMEN…
What a Mitsubishi Mirage is worth as a junk car
Buyers price a junk Mirage on four things: its weight at today's scrap steel price (the floor), the parts still on it that can be resold, whether it starts and drives, and how far they have to tow it. None of those come from a complaint database, so use this page to describe the car accurately and our junk car value guide to work out a ceiling for the metal. Then get more than one offer.
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Questions people ask
- What is a junk Mitsubishi Mirage worth?
- What a yard can recover: the car's weight at the current scrap steel price, plus parts it can resell (the catalytic converter, engine, transmission and wheels if they're good), minus towing and processing. The same Mirage gets different offers from different buyers, so compare at least two. Our value guide shows the public benchmark.
- Will a junkyard buy a Mitsubishi Mirage that doesn't run?
- Yes. Junkyards and junk car buyers take cars that don't start, and most arrange the tow. Tell them honestly whether it starts, whether the engine and transmission are still in it, and whether the catalytic converter is on; those are what change the price.
- Should I fix an open recall before selling a Mitsubishi Mirage?
- Recall repairs are free at a franchised dealer for as long as the car exists. If the car is going for scrap, the repair won't change the scrap price. If a buyer might resell it or pull parts, a completed recall can help. Check your VIN at NHTSA's recall lookup first.
- Where do these Mitsubishi Mirage numbers come from?
- From the complaint and recall data NHTSA publishes for every make and model, counted by model year on 2026-10-12. A complaint is an owner's report, not a confirmed defect, and the count rises with how many of the model were sold.