https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Mitsubishi I-Miev. en-us Sun, 18 Oct 2026 05:31:40 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev#complaint-1753528 Tue, 22 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT Takata Recall. The contact owns a 2012 Mitsubishi I-MIEV. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 19V804000 (Service, Brake, Hydraulic), 17V022000 (Air Bags), and 15V594000 (Air Bags) however, the contact stated there was no local dealer in their area to do the recall repairs. When they reached out to the manufacturer, they were informed to find a local authorized dealer, when https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev#complaint-1753529 Tue, 22 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT Takata Recall. The contact owns a 2012 Mitsubishi I-MIEV. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 19V804000 (Service, Brake, Hydraulic), 17V022000 (Air Bags), and 15V594000 (Air Bags) however, the contact stated there was no local dealer in their area to do the recall repairs. When they reached out to the manufacturer, they were informed to find a local authorized dealer, when https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev#complaint-1656751 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT MITSUBISHI ANNOUNCED A RECALL FOR ON BOARD CHARGER (OBC) DEFECTS PER ATTACHED LETTER AND ADVISED REPLACEMENT OR REFUND IF PART WAS ALREADY REPLACED. ALSO ATTACHED REPAIR INVOICE 301408 FOR $5080.82 WAS PAID BY WARRANTY COMPANY. MITSUBISHI IS OFFERING REFUND OF $100.00 DEDUCTIBLE INSTEAD OF TOTAL COSTS. PLEASE INTERVENE TO GET THE COMPLETE REFUND FROM OEM. https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev#complaint-1649712 Wed, 26 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE AT HALF CHARGE UNDER LOAD WILL DEACCELERATE FROM 50 TO BELOW 30 MILES AN HOUR. CAUSING DISRUPTIONS IN TRAFFIC AND PEOPLE PASSING YOU. THE POWER STEERING SEEMS TO SHUT DOWN WITH THE TURTLE LIGHT. https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev#complaint-1649713 Wed, 26 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE AT HALF CHARGE UNDER LOAD WILL DEACCELERATE FROM 50 TO BELOW 30 MILES AN HOUR. CAUSING DISRUPTIONS IN TRAFFIC AND PEOPLE PASSING YOU. THE POWER STEERING SEEMS TO SHUT DOWN WITH THE TURTLE LIGHT. https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev#complaint-1649714 Wed, 26 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE AT HALF CHARGE UNDER LOAD WILL DEACCELERATE FROM 50 TO BELOW 30 MILES AN HOUR. CAUSING DISRUPTIONS IN TRAFFIC AND PEOPLE PASSING YOU. THE POWER STEERING SEEMS TO SHUT DOWN WITH THE TURTLE LIGHT. https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev#complaint-1647818 Wed, 19 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT THIS IS PART OF AN EXISTING RECALL NHTSA #19V-804, MANUFACTURER #SR-19-002 REGARDING A VACUUM BRAKE PUMP. RECALL WAS ISSUED IN NOVEMBER 8, 2019, WITH NOTICES SENT TO OWNERS ON JANUARY 7, 2020. MULTIPLE CALLS TO DEALER TO SCHEDULE THE REPAIR REBUFFED AS DEALER CLAIMS THEY CANNOT GET THE PART FROM MANUFACTURER TO PERFORM REPLACEMENT. CALLS TO MANUFACTURER, DURING ADVERTISED BUSINESS HOURS, REJECTED https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev#complaint-1643602 Tue, 04 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 MITSUBISHI I-MIEV. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V804000 (BRAKE ASSIST VACUUM PUMP). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO OAKLAND KIA MITSUBISHI, 2424 WEBSTER STREET, OAKLAND, CA 94612 WHERE THE MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WOULD N https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev#recall-19V804000-mitsubishi-mitsubishi-i-miev-2017 Fri, 08 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) is recalling certain 2012-2017 i-MiEV vehicles. Water may penetrate the brake assist vacuum pump, causing corrosion and a failure of the brake vacuum pump. https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev#recall-19V804000-mitsubishi-mitsubishi-i-miev-2012 Fri, 08 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) is recalling certain 2012-2017 i-MiEV vehicles. Water may penetrate the brake assist vacuum pump, causing corrosion and a failure of the brake vacuum pump. https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev#complaint-1549457 Mon, 18 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 MITSUBISHI I-MIEV. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V522000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC), THE BRAKE PRESSURE BEGAN LOSING POWER. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT CALLED SIMS MITSUBISHI (2908 MEDINA RD, MEDINA, OH 44256, (330) 722-8000) AND WAS INFORMED TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev#complaint-1533283 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT ON 11/20/18, WE TOOK OUR 2012 I-MIEV INTO THE ROGER BEASLEY MITSUBISHI AT 1120 SHELBY LN, AUSTIN, 78745 AFTER THE CAR RAPIDLY LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON AT LEAST 2 OCCASIONS. THE FIRST TIME HE WAS DRIVING 65 MPH AND THE CAR SLOWED TO ABOUT 15 MPH. THE OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE WAS 50 DEGREES. HE IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. HE RESTARTED IT TO SEE IF HE COULD https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev#complaint-1533284 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT ON 11/20/18, WE TOOK OUR 2012 I-MIEV INTO THE ROGER BEASLEY MITSUBISHI AT 1120 SHELBY LN, AUSTIN, 78745 AFTER THE CAR RAPIDLY LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON AT LEAST 2 OCCASIONS. THE FIRST TIME HE WAS DRIVING 65 MPH AND THE CAR SLOWED TO ABOUT 15 MPH. THE OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE WAS 50 DEGREES. HE IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. HE RESTARTED IT TO SEE IF HE COULD https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev#complaint-1532820 Mon, 21 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT BRAKES SUDDENLY BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO OPERATE. THE PROBLEM WAS THE BRAKE VACUUM PUMP. THE DEALER REPORTED TO ME THAT THE BRAKE VACUUM PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED IN 2013 AS A SAFETY RECALL. APPARENTLY THE REPLACEMENT PUMP DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE REPLACEMENT BRAKE VACUUM PUMP REPLACEMENT IS NOT DURABLE. I WAS CHARGED $1,300 TO HAVE IT REPLACED. THE BRAKE VACUUM PUMP HAD SEIZED INTERNALLY. https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev#complaint-1515934 Thu, 15 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMT TWO TRANSMISSIONS HAVE SEIZED AND SHEARED GEARS OR SHEARED GEARS RESPECTIVELY. ADDITIONALLY THE TRACTION BATTERY RETAINS 61% OF ADVERTISED CAPACITY AFTER 5.5 YEARS AND 41,XXX MILES. https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev#complaint-1515935 Thu, 15 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMT TWO TRANSMISSIONS HAVE SEIZED AND SHEARED GEARS OR SHEARED GEARS RESPECTIVELY. ADDITIONALLY THE TRACTION BATTERY RETAINS 61% OF ADVERTISED CAPACITY AFTER 5.5 YEARS AND 41,XXX MILES. https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev#complaint-1454171 Tue, 13 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT BRAKE VACUUM PUMP HAS FAILED THERE HAVE BEEN 2 PREVIOUS RECALLS RELATING TO THIS VACUUM PUMP. MY PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE UNDER THE FIRST RECALL. IT WAS NOT REPLACED UNDER THE SECOND RECALL (NHTSA ID: 14V522), DURING WHICH "DEALERS WILL EITHER REPROGRAM THE BRAKE VACUUM PUMP CONTROLLER, REPLACE THE BRAKE VACUUM PUMP OR DO BOTH, FREE OF CHARGE." MITSUBISHI CONSIDERS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev#recall-17V793000-mitsubishi-mitsubishi-i-miev-2017 Fri, 08 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) is recalling all 2016-2017 i-MiEV vehicles, equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger frontal air bag, these inflators may rupture due to propellant degradation occurring after l https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev#recall-17V022000-mitsubishi-mitsubishi-i-miev-2012 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) is recalling certain 2012 and 2014 i-MiEV vehicles. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the front air bags, these inflators may rupture due to propellant degradation https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev#recall-15V594000-mitsubishi-mitsubishi-i-miev-2012 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMT 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 October 28, 2011, to September 7, 2012. Due to an increased resistance in the impact sensor for the air bag system, in the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the frontal, side https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev#complaint-1142960 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMT 2012 MITSUBISHI I-MIEV. COMPLAINT RELATED TO SECOND RECALL OF I-MIEV. *MW THE CONSUMER STATED AT 12,000 MILES, THE FRONT BRAKE PADS DISINTEGRATED FOR NO REASON. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE VACUUM PUMP RELATED AND THE BRAKE PADS DISINTEGRATING WERE RELATED. THE CONSUMER STATED MITSUBISHI WOULD NOT PAY TO HAVE THE VEHICLE SHIPPED HONOLULU FROM HAWAII ISLAND. MITSUBISHI STATED THE BRAKES WERE NOT A https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev#complaint-1142961 Tue, 30 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMT 2012 MITSUBISHI I-MIEV. COMPLAINT RELATED TO SECOND RECALL OF I-MIEV. *MW THE CONSUMER STATED AT 12,000 MILES, THE FRONT BRAKE PADS DISINTEGRATED FOR NO REASON. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE VACUUM PUMP RELATED AND THE BRAKE PADS DISINTEGRATING WERE RELATED. THE CONSUMER STATED MITSUBISHI WOULD NOT PAY TO HAVE THE VEHICLE SHIPPED HONOLULU FROM HAWAII ISLAND. MITSUBISHI STATED THE BRAKES WERE NOT A https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev#complaint-1129026 Mon, 10 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMT TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 MITSUBISHI I-MIEV. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE AND THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE SPINE WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR N https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev#recall-14V522000-mitsubishi-mitsubishi-i-miev-2012 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMT Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (Mitsubishi) is recalling certain model year 2010-2014 i-MiEV electric vehicles manufactured September 15, 2009, to March 25, 2014. Due to either software programming or corrosion caused by road salt, the brake vacuum pump may stop functioning. https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev#complaint-1101543 Sat, 23 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMT THE I-MIEV WAS BEING OPERATED IN A SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED WHEN IT HIT A PARKED CAR A AND PUSHED A INTO PARKED CAR B. THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG IN THE I-MIEV DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER DID NOT APPEAR TO BE AFFECTED BY THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT, ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, AND WAS COGENT AND CONVERSATIONAL. THE I-MIEV WAS TOWED AWAY DUE TO FRONT FENDER DAMAGE IMPEDING THE TIRE. THE DRIVER https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev#complaint-1101544 Sat, 23 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMT THE I-MIEV WAS BEING OPERATED IN A SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED WHEN IT HIT A PARKED CAR A AND PUSHED A INTO PARKED CAR B. THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG IN THE I-MIEV DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER DID NOT APPEAR TO BE AFFECTED BY THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT, ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, AND WAS COGENT AND CONVERSATIONAL. THE I-MIEV WAS TOWED AWAY DUE TO FRONT FENDER DAMAGE IMPEDING THE TIRE. THE DRIVER https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev#complaint-1038205 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMT TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 MITSUBISHI I-MIEV. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE SHIFTING INTO REVERSE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS EXCESSIVE CORROSION ON THE NEGATIVE BATTERY TERMINAL WHICH NEEDED TO BE CLEANED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev#recall-13V031000-mitsubishi-mitsubishi-i-miev-2012 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Mitsubishi Motors North America is recalling certain model year 2012 i-MiEV electric vehicles manufactured December 2, 2011, through September 7, 2012. The brake system vacuum pump may fail, causing the vacuum pump to be inoperable. https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev https://plaincars.com/make/mitsubishi-i-miev#recall-12V372000-mitsubishi-mitsubishi-i-miev-2012 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Mitsubishi is recalling certain model year 2012 i-MiEV vehicles manufactured between November 4, 2011, and December 22, 2011. Incompatibility between the air bag sensors and the self-diagnostic software may deactivate the frontal and side airbag system. Should this occur, the SRS warning lamp would illuminate to alert the driver.