2019 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE G4 — Complaint #1838691
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NHTSA Complaint about SEAT BELTS:FRONT filed September 6, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1838691 (ODI reference 11483024) concerns a 2019 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE G4 and was filed on September 6, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on September 2, 2022. The vehicle had 76,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Missouri based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as seat belts:front, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: yes, fire: no, injuries: 1, fatalities: 0. A complaint that flags a crash, fire, or fatality is escalated on NHTSA's internal review queue and factors more heavily into any Preliminary Evaluation decision on this make and model. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same MITSUBISHI MIRAGE G4 cohort independently describe similar seat belts:front failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2019 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE G4 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2019 Mitsubishi Mirage G4. The contact stated while driving approximately at 55 MPH, a vehicle in front stopped rapidly and caused a chain reaction crash. The contact's vehicle was the fourth and was the final vehicle involved in the crash. The vehicle crashed into the rear of the third vehicle. The front end of the contact's vehicle was crushed, and the hood was crumpled to the windshield. The third vehicle was a large truck and suffered little damage. The contact stated that the driver's side and passenger air bags did not deploy. Additionally, the passenger seat belt did not retract during the impact, and the passenger hit her shoulder on the dashboard. The passenger suffered torn muscles in her shoulder along with bruising. The passenger was transported to the emergency room by ambulance. The driver suffered no injuries. The vehicle was towed to an impound lot and had not been diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failu
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1838691 |
| ODI Number | 11483024 |
| Date Filed | September 6, 2022 |
| Failure Date | September 2, 2022 |
| VIN | ML32F3FJ1KH |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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