Mitsubishi Montero sport Body Problems
123 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 4 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2001. Best year: 2002.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
2000 MITSUBISHI MONTERO INVOLVED IN A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TEN INCH FUSED LOOP/ENERGY MANAGEMENT LOOP TO THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT IS DEFECTIVE. THIS ACCIDENT HAD A DEATH INVOLVED. *KB THE LAWYER STATED...
ON 9/4/2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 615AM THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE. 10 MINUTES LATER OUR PUPPY WAS BARKING AT THE DOOR LEADING TO GARAGE. HUSBAND WENT TO SEE WHY AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE DOOR. HE OPENED THE DOOR AND THE GARA...
I WAS PULLING INTO MY SISTERS DRIVE WHICH HAS A BIG TRASH DISPENSER IN IT & I ALREADY HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE GOING ABOUT 1MPH THE SUV LUNGED FORWARD LIKE I WAS HIT FROM BEHIND & MY VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE TRASH DISPENSER & THAT THEN H...
THE REAR VIEW MIRROR CHANGES AUTOMATICALLY TO NIGHT VISION YOU CAN NOT CHANGE IT BACK. IT VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE CARS BEHIND YOU WITH THE WAY IT CHANGES AND HOW CLOSE THEY ARE TO YOU. MY DAUGHTER BACKED INTO SOMEONE BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT ...
THE STEERING BOX SHAFT COMPLETELY SNAPPED APART, STEERING WAS LOST AND HAD TO DRIFT INTO A GUARDRAIL TO STOP VEHICLE. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD PART WAS 2100 DOLLARS FOR STEERING. IF THE VEHICLE WAS NOT GOING LESS THAN 15 ...
MY SON FELL ASLEEP WHILE DRIVING. HE VEERED INTO THE MEDIAN AND FLIPPED 5 TO 6 TIMES. ON FIRST IMPACT HIS SEAT BELT RELEASED, THEREFORE HE WAS THROWN UP AND DOWN EACH TIME HE FLIPPED. ON INSPECTION OF THE SEAT BELT, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE...
DT: HUSBAND HAD A VEHICLE WRECK, THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP ON SNOW. CONTACT FELT TIRES WERE NOT RIGHT FOR CLIMATE. HAD TIRES ROTATED AND PRESSURE CHECKED REGULARLY. WAS TOLD BY MANUFACTURER THAT THE PSI SHOULD BE 35, BUT THE DOOR STICKER ...
AT ONLY 15 MILES PER HOUR, OUR MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT ROLLED OVER AND THE CAR WAS TOTALLED.*AK
RIGHT SIDE OF CAR SUDDENLY DROPPED WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN FROM A STOP LIGHT. DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF CAR RUNNING INTO RIGHT SIDE CURB NO INJURIES. AFTER COLLISION THE WHEEL WAS AT AN ANGLE AND JOINT AT THE RIGHT UPPER CONTROL ARM WAS L...
IT APPEARS A PRESSURE LEAK OF THE RUBBERIZED HOSE CAUSED FLUID TO SPRAY ONTO THE HOT MANIFOLD CAUSING A FIRE OF THE VEHICLE ABOVE. THIS LOSS WAS INVESTIGATED BY SUPERIOR INVESTIGATIONS OF FLORIDA INC. AND CAN BE REACHED AT 727-848-3923...
WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING ON SNOW, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. ALSO, ENGINE REVVING NOISE COMING.*AK
HAVING VIEWED ROLLOVER RISK ON CONSUMER REPORTS TESTS ON MONTERO, I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. *AK