Mitsubishi Montero Sport
Owners filed 348 complaints across 9 model years of the Mitsubishi Montero Sport. The 2000 drew the most (97).
Model years9
Complaints348
Recalls8
Fires12
Deaths3
Which Mitsubishi Montero Sport years should you avoid?
Going by 348 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Mitsubishi Montero Sport years to avoid are 2000.
- 200097 complaints, 2.8× a typical Montero Sport year, most often about the body and frame.
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 →
Every Mitsubishi Montero Sport model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2004 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2003 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 6 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Fatalities reported | |
| 2002 | 54 | 0 | — | 14 | Air Bags › Frontal | Fatalities reported | |
| 2001 | 63 | 1 | 3 | 8 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2000Avoid | 97 | 1 | 1 | 17 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Fatalities reported | |
| 1999 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner | Routine | |
| 1998 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Routine | |
| 1997 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.