I was so happy last year to finally be able to by a new enclosed. I had always wanted a Mirage and after spending considerable time giving all of them the once over I decided that it was the right one for me. I ordered at the snow show in October and picked it up 2 days before Thanksgiving. Couldn't have been happier that they built it that quick. After using it for one season though I wish they maybe would have spent a little more time and put a little more TLC into it.
Just wondering if anyone else has experienced the same issues.
#1 The trailer will pop the taillight fuse. I've had it back to the dealer to try to fix this twice and they say they got it figured out but in a matter of miles it will blow the fuse again. This isnt a truck problem either because I've tried both of my trucks and it will blow the fuse on both of them. Also tried my brother and Dads truck same thing. After taking it to the dealer last time I figured there just had to be a wire rubbing. I spent hours trying to find something to no avail.
#2 The side man door has never opened very well. Last month my kids went out to start their sleds and opened the door and the bottom hinge tore off the frame. The door now actually opens and closes much easier and smoother so I'm not sure I even want to fix this.
#3 The hinges on the front snowmobile door rusted off the frame in 2 months. Not sure if they were using tin foil to weld with that day or what. The dealer fixed this and said they did not know what happened there.
#4 This is not so much an issue but just a really really surprising design flaw. In my 2005 Cummins I can turn sharp enough that the rear bumper will hit the sides of the trailer. This isnt backing up and jackknifing it, it is simply turning around in the road as tight as I can turn and the bumper smashing in the door. I've pulled quite a few trailer and have never been able to do this. My F150 wont turn sharp enough to do it but my Dodge will. My Dad has Mirage that is 5 or 6 years older and the distance from the end of the tongue to the actual trailer is about 7" longer which apparently makes all the difference in the world because I cant do it pulling his trailer.
#5 I am already starting to have the flooring start to delaminate from the plywood sub-strait at the joints and especially on the back door. The problem with the back door is that they they did away with the fold over flap so you hit the 1.5" angle iron which needs to be a little taller because its not as tall as the flooring and the carbides are tearing it up.
Still love the trailer but I really dont think the newer Mirages are as well built as they were a few years ago.
Any idea of wear to look for my short in the lights?
Just wondering if anyone else has experienced the same issues.
#1 The trailer will pop the taillight fuse. I've had it back to the dealer to try to fix this twice and they say they got it figured out but in a matter of miles it will blow the fuse again. This isnt a truck problem either because I've tried both of my trucks and it will blow the fuse on both of them. Also tried my brother and Dads truck same thing. After taking it to the dealer last time I figured there just had to be a wire rubbing. I spent hours trying to find something to no avail.
#2 The side man door has never opened very well. Last month my kids went out to start their sleds and opened the door and the bottom hinge tore off the frame. The door now actually opens and closes much easier and smoother so I'm not sure I even want to fix this.
#3 The hinges on the front snowmobile door rusted off the frame in 2 months. Not sure if they were using tin foil to weld with that day or what. The dealer fixed this and said they did not know what happened there.
#4 This is not so much an issue but just a really really surprising design flaw. In my 2005 Cummins I can turn sharp enough that the rear bumper will hit the sides of the trailer. This isnt backing up and jackknifing it, it is simply turning around in the road as tight as I can turn and the bumper smashing in the door. I've pulled quite a few trailer and have never been able to do this. My F150 wont turn sharp enough to do it but my Dodge will. My Dad has Mirage that is 5 or 6 years older and the distance from the end of the tongue to the actual trailer is about 7" longer which apparently makes all the difference in the world because I cant do it pulling his trailer.
#5 I am already starting to have the flooring start to delaminate from the plywood sub-strait at the joints and especially on the back door. The problem with the back door is that they they did away with the fold over flap so you hit the 1.5" angle iron which needs to be a little taller because its not as tall as the flooring and the carbides are tearing it up.
Still love the trailer but I really dont think the newer Mirages are as well built as they were a few years ago.
Any idea of wear to look for my short in the lights?
