Mitsubishi Montero Years to Avoid and Recalls

Which Mitsubishi Montero years should you avoid?

Going by 765 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Mitsubishi Montero years to avoid are 2001.

2001166 complaints, 2.9× a typical Montero year, most often about the brakes.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Crashes	Most reported	Status
2006	4	0	—	—	Service Brakes	Routine
2005	1	0	—	—	Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist › Hose, Piping, and Connections	Routine
2004	5	3	—	—	Service Brakes	Routine
2003	39	2	1	4	Service Brakes, Hydraulic	Routine
2002	111	3	1	9	Service Brakes	Fatalities reported
2001Avoid	166	4	2	15	Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Power Assist › Vacuum	Routine
2000	51	2	1	8	Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip	Routine
1999	40	2	2	4	Power Train › Automatic Transmission	Fatalities reported
1998	74	4	—	9	Suspension › Front	Routine
1997	63	2	4	6	Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip	Routine
1996	27	2	—	—	Unknown or Other	Routine
1995	86	2	—	7	Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine	Fatalities reported
1994	31	5	—	2	Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine	Fatalities reported
1993	14	3	—	—	Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine	Routine
1992	12	4	—	1	Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip	Routine
1991	18	2	2	—	Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine	Routine
1990	23	1	2	2	Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly	Routine

Year

Complaints

Relative volume

Recalls

Fires

Crashes

Most reported

Status

2006

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Service Brakes

Routine