Mitsubishi Montero Complaints

1,130 consumer complaints on file.

#879442January 31, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
WHEN DRIVING OVER 50 MPH A VERY LOUD WIND NOISE HAS BEEN COMING INTO PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT THROUGH WINDOWS. NOISE IS SO LOUD THAT IT IS DROWNING OUT RADIO. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER HAS NOT DETERMINED CAUSE OF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879201January 29, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
BOLT OF CRANKSHAFT HAS FALLEN OUT, CAUSING DAMAGE TO CRANKSHAFT A TOTAL OF 3 TIMES. CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 00V311001 DUE TO VIN ALTHOUGH IT HAD SAME EXACT DEFECT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879169January 29, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON DRIVEWAY FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES WHEN AN UNDERHOOD FIRE STARTED IN ENGINE. PRIOR TO INCIDENT, CONSUMER HAD A BROKEN THERMOSTAT REPLACED. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9005262January 28, 2001
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
AT 55MPH A SMELL OF PLASTIC BURNING WAS SMELLED, THAN A LOUD SOUND WAS HEARD AND LOOKED BACK AND THE WHOLE BACK HATCH GLASS WAS SHATTERED. I THINK THE THINK THE DEFROSTER OVERHEATED. IT LEFTED A ORANGE LOOKING SPOT ON THE GLASS WHERE THE DEFROSTER CONNECTED TO THE GLASS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739765January 22, 2001
EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:WRECKER AND WHEEL LIFT DEVICES
WHEN TOWING VEHICLE OUT OF DITCH THE TOW HOOK BROKE OFF AND WENT THROUGH THE TAILGATE OF A 1997 FULL SIZE DODGE PICKUP. NOW THEY SAY IT IS NOT A TOW HOOK IT IS JUST A TIE DOWN TO GET IT HERE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878580January 19, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
WHEN CONSUMER PUT CAR IN REVERSE VEHICLE STARTED TO RACE, AND IT FLEW BACK LIKE GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK. *AK THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT MAXIMUM SPEED COLLIDING AGAINST THE GARAGE. *YH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#878281January 17, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER DROVE AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND SUDDENLY SLID ON ICE HITTING A VEHICLE WITH FRONT END,AND CAUSING ABOUT $4100 WORTH OF DAMAGE. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING MINOR INJURIES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#878126January 12, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY, SEAT BELTS:FRONT
DRIVER'S SIDE LAP BELT HAS FRAYED AND DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. PASSENGER'S BUCKLE BROKE, AND DOES NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#877401January 4, 2001
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
WHILE DRIVING OUT OF PARKING LOT AND WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN, STEERING COLUMN DROPPED DOWN. IT WAS AN ADJUSTED STEERING COLUMN. TRIED TO READJUST IT, WHICH WAS NOT A PROBLEM. DROVE VEHICLE HOME AND PARKED IT. CHECKED UNDER DASH NEAR COLUMN AND NOTICED A BOLT HAD FALLEN OUT, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. BRACKET WAS STILL ATTACHED, AND RIGHT BOLT WAS STILL HOLDING IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#877359January 3, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WAS PULLING OUT OFF PARKING LOT AND CRANKSHAFT PULLEY BOLT BROKE OR SHEARED OFF. HAD NO STEERING CONTROL AT 10MPH. JUST MANAGED TO DRIVE VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC INDICATED THAT BOLT COULD NOT BE REMOVED FROM CRANKSHAFT. ENTIRE CRANKSHAFT WAS TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#738289December 26, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE WARNING CONCERNING THE BOLT SECURING THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY IS INCORRECT. THE BOLT ON MY VEHICLE WAS TIGHTENED TO SPEC ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCATIONS. FAILURE CONTINUED. THERE IS ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS WITH THE ALIGNMENT OF THE CRANKSHAFT. IF SAFETY IS YOUR TRUE CONCERN, THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE STUDIED FURTHER. I KNOW OF 3 OTHER VEHICLES IN THIS SMALL TOWN THAT HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM.THI
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876882December 21, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
BACK DOOR HINGES HAVE RUSTED. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND WILL REPLACE HINGES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875843December 1, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
EXHAUST SYSTEM & OIL WERE FULL OF GAS. MECHANIC HAD TO CONTACT SOMEONE IN ORGEON TO GET HELP. NEITHER HAD EVER HEARD OR SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. CONSUMER HAD TO GET A JUMP START, AND JUST FROM SPARKS VEHICLE COULD HAVE BLOWN UP. MECHANIC SAID STILL NO GUARANTEE THAT IT STILL WON'T BLOW UP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#558175November 29, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
FIRESTONE WILDERNESS II TIRES EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CONSUMER REPLACED TIRES AFTER HAVING ONLY 20000 MILES ON THEM, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875689November 29, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 50-55MPH AND WHILE TRYING TO CHANGE GEARS, VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED. VEHICLE HAD 30 THOUSAND MILES ON IT. WHEN DEALER WAS CONTACTED, DEALER NOTED THAT TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY REGULAR WEAR AND TEAR AFTER ONLY 30 THOUSAND MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875528November 27, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
A DEFECTIVE UPPER CONTROL ARM; DEALER REPLACED THE FOLLOWING PART ON TWO OCCASIONS UNDER WARRANTY. NO REASON GIVEN WHY THIS PROBLEM CONTINUED TO REOCCUR. *AK THE DEALER STATES THAT THE UPPER CONTROL ARMS ARE DEFECTIVE BUT THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT ACKNOWLEGE IT. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#557716November 15, 2000
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
CONDENSOR AND COMPRESSOR FAILED. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736260November 14, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
THERE HAS NOT YET ACTUALLY BEEN A FAILURE, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS RECALLED TWO YEARS AGO (5 MONTHS AFTER WE BOUGHT IT) FOR THE PROBLEM. WE NEVER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF THE RECALL AND ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT IT TWO DAYS AGO FROM THE MSN WEB SITE. I AM IN THE AIR FORCE AND WAS SENT TO ITALY 3 MONTHS AGO. LAST NIGHT WE CALLED MITSUBISHI AND THEY SAID IT IS UP TO US TO HAVE THE CAR INSPECTED AND OF COURSE, PAY FOR IT OURSELVES. I DISAGREE; THE POTENTIAL DEFECT IS NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY, NOR IS THE FACT THAT WE WERE NOT INFORMED OF THE RECALL. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT MITSUBISHI HAS AN INCORRECT ADDRESS FOR US AS THE HOUSE NUMBER HAD ONE WRONG NUMBER IN IT. IF SO, THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS REPORTED BY THE DEALERSHIP, AS THE DEALERSHIP HAS THE CORRECT ADDRESS; WE HAVE RECEIVED MAILINGS FROM THEM. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN AND MITSUBISHI SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND HELP US GET OUR CAR INSPECTED WITHOUT COST TO US. THERE IS A MITUBISHI DEALERSHIP IN A TOWN VERY CLOSE TO US (WE ARE STATIONED IN AVIANO). I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR HELP IN THIS MATTER AS WE ARE CURRENTLY AT A LOSS. THANK YOU. CAPT. EDWARD CABALLERO. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#874798November 13, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WHEN SLOWING DOWN AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE WOULD STALL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735909November 7, 2000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
AT STOP LIGHT. HIT IN REAR BY CAR GOING ATLEAST 45 MPH. NECK WHIP-LASH DESPITE 3 POINT SEATBELT AND ADDED THICKNESS HEADREST AS SEATBELT COLLAPSED BACKWARD TO HORIZONTAL POSITION. UNABLE TO MOVE SEAT FULLY UPRIGHT (80%) AFTER THAT. CAR PUSHED ABOUT 20 FT. TOW HITCHED ATTACHED TO FRAME REDUCED FURTHER BACK DAMAGE. METAL PARTICLES FOUND IN DIFFERENTIAL - PROBABLY FORM IMPACT MOVING CAR IN STOPPED POSITION.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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