{"id":"2017_mitsubishi_i_miev","make":"Mitsubishi","make_slug":"mitsubishi","model":"i-MiEV","model_slug":"i-miev","year":2017,"url":"/mitsubishi/i-miev/2017/","pts":["bev"],"configs":[{"id":37293,"model":"i-MiEV","pt":"bev","drive":"Rear-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (A1)","cyl":null,"displ":null,"eng":"","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":false,"city":121,"hwy":102,"comb":112,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":30.0,"range":59,"range_city":64,"range_hwy":54,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":7.0,"charge240b":0.0,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"49 kW DCPM","fuel":"Electricity","vclass":"Subcompact Cars","co2":0,"fe_score":10,"ghg_score":10,"fuel_cost":700,"save_spend":7750,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"MTX","modified":"Wed Jul 05 00:00:00 EDT 2017"}],"vclass":"Subcompact Cars","segment":"Compact car","epa_certified":true,"recalls":[{"campaign":"19V804000","component":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM","mfr":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","reported":"2019-11-08","owner_notified":"2020-01-07","units":2108,"summary":"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.","consequence":"Without the brake vacuum pump, the driver will experience a sudden loss of braking assist, lengthening the distance needed to stop the vehicle and increasing the risk of a crash.","remedy":"MMNA will notify owners, and dealers will replace the brake vacuum pump, free of charge.  The recall began January 7, 2020.  Owners may contact MMNA customer service at 1-888-648-7820.  MMNA's number for this recall is SR-19-002.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"SR-19-002","initiated_by":"ODI","variants":[],"severity":"high"},{"campaign":"17V793000","component":"AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE","mfr":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","reported":"2017-12-08","owner_notified":"2017-12-15","units":144,"summary":"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 long-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling.","consequence":"An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.","remedy":"MMNA will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger side frontal air bag inflator, free of charge.  The recall began on December 15, 2017.  Owners may contact MMNA customer service at 1-888-648-7820.  MMNA's number for this recall is SR-17-008.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"SR-17-008","initiated_by":"ODI","variants":[],"severity":"high"}],"recall_count":2,"critical_count":0,"park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"score":84,"grade":"B","complaints":{"count":1,"crash":0,"fire":0,"injured":0,"deaths":0,"comps":[["Service Brakes",1]],"by_year":{"2020":1},"excerpts":[]},"investigations":[{"action":"DP22005","component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM","opened":"2023-01-27","closed":"2023-08-07","campaign":"22V063000","subject":"Pedestrian alert sounds","summary":"NHTSA received a petition on or about July 18, 2022, requesting that Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 141 be applied to all electric and hybrid vehicles operating in the United States. The petition can be reviewed at NHTSA.gov under ODI Number 11486072. FMVSS 141 establishes performance requirements for pedestrian alert sounds for motor vehicles. The standard applies to hybrid and electric vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 KG or less or are defined as low-speed vehicles. The standard became fully applicable to all such vehicles manufactured on or after March 1, 2021.On January 27, 2023, NHTSA opened Defect Petition (DP) 22-005 to evaluate the subject matt"},{"action":"RQ19002","component":"SERVICE BRAKES","opened":"2019-05-10","closed":"2019-12-12","campaign":"19V804000","subject":"Brake Vacuum Pump Failure","summary":"On May 10, 2019, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened Recall Query RQ19-002 to investigate three complaints alleging brake vacuum pump failures after the remedies for Recalls 13V-031 and 14V-522 had been completed in model year (MY) 2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV vehicles. The investigation was opened on model year (MY) 2010 through 2017 Mitsubishi i-MiEV vehicles to cover all products sold in the United States with the same vacuum pump (Recall 14V-522 included MY 2010 through 2014 i-MiEV vehicles). Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) provided information about nine (9) additional reports of brake vacuum pump failure in its response to ODI's information request letter for RQ-002"}],"ncap":[{"desc":"5 HB RWD","overall":4,"frontal":4,"side":3,"rollover":4,"rollover_risk":0.147,"seats":4,"fcw":"No","ldw":"No","aeb":"No","esc":"","backup_cam":"","variant":null}],"popularity":999,"headline":{"range":59,"mpg":null,"ncap":4,"complaints":1},"presskit_trims":[],"generated_at":"2026-09-11 06:27 UTC","sources":["EPA fueleconomy.gov","NHTSA recalls","NHTSA complaints","NHTSA NCAP","NHTSA investigations"]}