The heat shield panel became loose causing it to rattle at lower speeds. The spark plugs went bad causing it to put put at take off.
The brakes needed to be replaced.
The four door Mirage is an absolute beauty.
It has a very comfortable ride and it handles very well.
The 1.5L engine is very slow and it sounds strained with the automatic transmission.
The car is very refined and its build quality is excellent.
I have a 99 mitsubishi mirage also. I agree about the lack in power. I have had a hard time trying to find performance parts for it i.e. computer reprogrammer like hypertech or similar. The car has performed flawlessly over the past 3 years, but I have had to do the front brakes 3 times. Two times from a lame mechanic and once myself... no problems yet from the ones I did.
Check www.alldata.com for recall issues on the mirage. They are just minor dealer fixable issues. Keep up the good work steven. Nice site. P.S. if you know of any power adding features I can do besides a K&N filter please e-mail me thank you buddy.
I too have a 99 mirage. Love the car, not much power though. I have also had to replace the brake 3x and just this morning had a little problem where the car decided to STOP on the freeway, it shut off, but the radio and lights were still working. First it spuddered the stoped. I was able to put the car in park and then restart it,(got off the freeway real quick). Any ideas what might cause this?
Complaints: Loud wind noise even when windows are up, brakes very loud and need frequent replacing, low power, and now this today. UGH love the car, but don't want this to happen again.
Kcude@cooperco.com.
If your car stopped it might have gotten to hot I had that problem with my car and as you said everything else still works, you might want to check and make sure your waterpump is still working and the seal isn't broken.
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