Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1998 Mitsubishi Caribbean Montero

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › engine. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Structure1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine1
000
Air Bags › Frontal1
101

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine00V311002
Filed Dec 6, 200061,068 vehiclesMitsubishi Caribbean

Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. THE BOLT SECURING THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY CAN BECOME LOOSE AND THE PULLEY COULD FALL OFF THE VEHICLE.

Risk. THE CONDITION CAN RESULT IN A LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Remedy. ON THE MIRAGE VEHICLES, THE DEALERS WILL INSTALL A NEW, IMPROVED CRANKSHAFT PULLEY BOLT ON THE OLDER ENGINES. ON NEW ENGINES WHICH ALREADY HAVE THE IMPROVED BOLT, THE DEALER WILL TIGHTEN THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY BOLT TO THE CORRECT TORQUE SPECIFICATION. ON THE MONTERO MODELS, DEALERS WILL TIGHTEN THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY BOLT TO THE CORRECT TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS. IF THE BOLT IS DAMAGED, IT WILL BE REPLACED.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Feb 23, 200584,000 milesOK

THE CONSUMER STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM THE REAR AT 40 MPH , AND THE AIR BAG DID DEPLOY.

Structure
Filed Oct 1, 2002CA

THE ANCHOR POINT TO THE CHILDSEAT SEATBELT ISN'T PROPER ALIGN CAUSING THE RETRACTOR TO CLIP IN. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. NLM

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Jun 19, 2002GA

ENGINE CRANKSHAFT PULLY BOLT PULLED OUT WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED . FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2001
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20022100Routine
20016210Routine
19993120Routine
1998 — this page3100Routine
19970100Routine
19960100Routine
19952100Routine
19941200Routine
19930200Routine
19920200Routine
19910100Routine
19900100Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Dec 6, 2000. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.