EPA rates the 2024 Mitsubishi Mirage, the newest model year in RideTruth's catalog, at 37 to 39 mpg combined, depending on configuration. That range has held close to the same shape in every Mirage model year RideTruth's catalog carries back through 2017. This page covers the combined-MPG figures for the 2014, 2017 through 2023, and 2024 Mirage. It also compares the Mirage against two other small cars over the same years and covers Mirage owners' NHTSA complaint counts by model year.
What does EPA rate the Mirage, year by year?
RideTruth's catalog lists one Mirage page per year, and its configuration records carry no body-style field, so the ranges below cover every configuration listed for that year without saying which body style each one is.
| Model year | EPA combined MPG range | Configurations rated |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 36-39 | 2 |
| 2017 | 35-39 | 4 |
| 2024 | 37-39 | 2 |
The 2014 Mirage EPA rated two configurations, both a 1.2-liter three-cylinder, front-wheel drive: a 5-speed manual at 36 mpg combined and a CVT automatic at 39 mpg combined. By 2017, EPA rated four Mirage configurations, two manual (35 and 36 mpg combined) and two CVT (37 and 39 mpg combined). The 2024 Mirage catalog entry carries only two configurations, both CVT, at 37 and 39 mpg combined; a manual configuration is no longer among them. Those same two 2024 configurations are rated 35 to 36 mpg city and 41 to 43 mpg highway.
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How does the Mirage's MPG compare with the Nissan Versa and Kia Rio?
The Mirage's best rating, 39 mpg combined, is the highest of the three in every year from 2017 through 2023, though from 2020 on its 35 mpg floor matches the Versa's 35 ceiling and sits below the Rio's flat 36. The Mirage's EPA combined range was 35 to 39 mpg in each of those seven years. The Nissan Versa ranged from 29 to 34 mpg combined in 2017 to 30 to 35 mpg combined by 2020, staying there through 2023. The Kia Rio ranged from 30 to 31 mpg combined in 2017 to a flat 36 mpg combined from 2020 through 2023.
These are three small cars in RideTruth's catalog over the same span, not a claim about which is cheapest to buy; check the Versa and Rio pages for their complaint history.
What do Mirage owners complain about, by year?
Mirage owners have filed 175 NHTSA complaints across the 2014-2024 model years RideTruth's catalog carries, as of September 23, 2026. The 2014 has the most, 44, followed by the 2015 at 39. Every year from 2020 through 2024 has been in the single digits, 4 to 9.
| Model year | NHTSA complaints |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 44 |
| 2015 | 39 |
| 2017 | 28 |
| 2018 | 21 |
| 2019 | 15 |
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2023 | 5 |
| 2024 | 9 |
RideTruth's catalog has no 2016 Mirage model year on file, which is why the table skips from 2015 to 2017. Each count is a tally of owner reports, not a defect rate. An older Mirage year has had more years in which owners could file, and nothing in the table is weighted by how many cars were sold.
2024 is the newest Mirage model year in RideTruth's catalog, with two configurations, both CVT, against the 2017's four. Whether Mitsubishi keeps selling the Mirage past that year is a question for Mitsubishi's own announcements, not something this data can answer. RideTruth's garage keeps your Mirage on file and checks it for each new NHTSA recall campaign.