2000 Mitsubishi Montero Sport

Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 3.5L ENGINES. THESE VEHICLES DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 106, "BRAKE HOSES." THESE VEHICLES ARE EQUIPPED WITH NONCOMPLIANT BRAKE VACUUM HOSES.

Risk. THESE HOSES COULD BURST CAUSING FLUID LEAKAGE, INCREASING THE BRAKING CAPABILITY OF THE VEHICLE AND COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE VACUUM HOSE. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN FEBRUARY 15, 2001. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT MITSUBISHI AT 1-800-222-0037.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2000 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE REAR ENDED THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO TWO VEHICLES AHEAD OF HER WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AS IT ROLLED OVER AND LANDED ON ITS DRIVER'S SIDE. THE DRIVER'S AND FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUFFERED INJURIES TO THE LEFT SHOULDER, HIP, KNEE, BACK, FACE, BACK, AND SPINE. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS RECEIVED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND DEEMED DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.*BF*JB

I HEARD A NOISE WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS WHILE HITTING BUMPS, WHEN I STOPPED DRIVING AND LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE I NOTICED THE FRAME WAS RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH TO THE OTHER SIDE, AND ESPECIALLY BAD WHERE THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL BRACKET IS ATTACHED TO THE FRAME, ITS SO LOOSE IT DOESN'T LOOK SAFE TO DRIVE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO OPERATE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PULLING TO LEFT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 137,363.

ALTERNATOR SEND OVERCHARGE TO BATTERY IT MAKE BLOW FUSES AND AFFECTED THE SENSORS AT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS DRVING TO MY DAUGTHER HOUSE AROUND 1,5 HRS TO GO

MY MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT 00, HAS FRAME ROT, WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION, IT DEFINITELY SHOULD BE A FACTORY RECALL, SO MANY COMPLAINTS, AND SAFE ISSUES

I TOOK MY VEHICLE FOR A BACK BRAKE INSPECTION. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE UNDERBODY OF THE VEHICLE WAS SEVERELY CORRODED WITH RUST AND SOME UNDERBODY FRAMEWORK ROTTED THROUGH. THE STRUCTURE OF THE VEHICLE WAS DECLARED UNREPAIRABLE AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO UNDERBODY RUST AND CORROSION TO THE METAL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN AND THE ALTERNATOR FAILED AS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

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 HIT THEIR FENCE WHICH BENT. THERE IS DAMAGE TO MY FRONT END & NOW TURNING THE WHEELS CAUSING SCRAPING OF THE FRONT TIRE. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I HAVE HAD IT LUNGE LIKE THIS. SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE SO TOOK TO MECHANIC HE PUT ON MACHINE TO SEE IF TRANSMISSION WAS GOING BUT IT WAS NOT. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE &:ONLY ONE TIME DID I GET A RECALL FOR A PLUG TO BE REPLACED BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHERS EVEN HAVING TO DO WITH BRAKES. I HAVE HAD FAMILY MEMBERS IN MY SUV THAT CAN VALIDATE ISSUES HAPPENING. I HOPE SOMEONE WILL ACT ON THIS SINCE I HAVE READ THIS HAS HAPPENED TO SEVERAL OTHERS. I HAVE LEFT A PHONE MESSAGE ALSO IN REGARDS TO THIS. I WAS SO SCARED I ACTUALLY WAS SICK TO MY STOMACH WHEN I THOUGHT WHAT COULD OF HAPPENED. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ARE 00 MITS MONTERO SPORT, ON THE FWY SHE TRY TO SLOW DOWN TO GET OUT OF THE FWY. SHE WAS PRESSING ON THE BRAKE BUT THE CAR WAS NOT SLOWING DOWN SO SHE PUT THE TRANSMISSION TO LOWER GEARS TO MAKE THE SUV TO SLOW DOWN IT HELP BUT NOT TO GET THE SUV TO STOP. SO SHE HIT THE CAR IN-FRONT. SO AFTER THE CAR CAME TO A STOP AFTER HITTING THE CAR THE RPM WERE RUBBING HIGH SO SHE PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND TURN THE CAR OFF. SO POLICE CAME OVER BECAUSE CAR WAS ON THE BLOCKING THE OFF-RAM. WHEN THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER SHOW UP AND LOOK UNDER THE HOOD HE TOLL MY WIFE THAT THE THROTTLE IT WAS STOCK IN THE OPEN POSITION THAT WHAT CAUSE HER NOT TO BE ABLE TO STOP .... THE OFFICER TOLL MY WIFE SHE WAS LUCK. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY STARTED LOSING POWER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE BEYOND 60 MPH. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND HAD TO BE TURNED WITH ABRUPT FORCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE CRANK SHAFT BOLT HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 132,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 140,790. UPDATED 03/05/14*LJ THE WATER PUMP, TIMING BELT AND CRANK SHAFT WERE REPLACED.

IN A FRONT END CRASH, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT WORK. THE DRIVER HIT THE STEERING WHEEL AND WAS INJURED. *TR

I TOOK MY CAR TO INSPECT A BANGING NOISE UNDER THE LEFT REAR OF THE AUTO. UPON ISPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FRAME OF THE CAR WAS RUSTED AND ROTTED THRU THE ENTIRE FRAME . IT WAS FRACTURED IN SPOTS AND PARTS RUSTED ENTIRELY AWAY. IT WAS FOUND TO BE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. IT CAN NOT BE REPAIRED. THE MACHANIC TOLD ME IT IS A DEFECT IN THE METAL. THE CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN A FLOOD AND I DON'T LIVE NEAR SALD WATER. THE REST OF THE CAR IS IN GOOD SHAPE. THE CAR IS NOW UNDRIVABLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, HE BEGAN TO HEAR A BANGING NOISE FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, HE NOTICED THAT PART OF THE FRAME WAS FRACTURED. THE CONTACT REATTACHED THE FRAME AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO REPAIR THE FAILURE. AFTER DIAGNOSIS, HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE ENTIRE FRAME EXHIBITED SEVERE RUST, FRACTURING AND THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO BE DRIVEN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 143,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN FOR STATE INSPECTION AND THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE REAR AXLE, FRAME AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE VEHICLE WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE STATE INSPECTION OFFICER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 109,000.

I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE TO A GARAGE FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, UPON INSPECTION ATTENDANT INFORMED ME THAT THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE WAS SEVERELY CORRODED AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I AM STUNNED TO LEARN THIS, AS I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE VEHICLE AND IT HAS BEEN GARAGED SINCE OWNERSHIP. I AM ANGRY, FRUSTRATED AND FEEL AS A CONSUMER THIS IS NOT RIGHT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANUVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE CRANK SHAFT BOLT HAD DETACHED FROM THE PULLEY ASSEMBLY, CAUSING THE POWER STEERING TO FAIL. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 00V311001 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE), THAT MAY BE RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL BECAUSE IT ONLY COVERED 1997-1999 MONTERO SPORT MODELS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 186,000.

AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY WHEN DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND DROVE INTO A SMALL GROVE OF TREES. CAR WAS TOTALED. WINDSHIELD COLLAPSED, ENTERING CAR CABIN AND HIT DRIVER. DRIVER WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. DRIVER INCURRED BUMP TO HEAD AND BRUISED HIP. DRIVER DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL TRANSPORT. *TR *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE UNDERCARRIAGE WAS EXTREMELY CORRODED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE AND STATED THE UNDER CARRIAGE WAS NOT FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE EXCESSIVELY. THE CONTACT LATER DISCOVERED THAT THE FRAME WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED HIM THAT THE FRAME WAS FRACTURED AND THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE REPAIRED. THERE WERE NO REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 120,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS HAVING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED WHEN THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT THE CHASSIS WAS COMPLETELY CORRODED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED BUT THEY DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

WHILE LEAVING A PARKING LOT. LOST STEERING CAPABILITY. DURING TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND THE DRIVERS SIDE OUTER TIE ROD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE ADJUST TUBE. BOTH LOCK NUTS WERE TIGHT AND IN THE ORIGINAL POSITIONS AND THE ADJUST TUBE AND INNER TIE ROD WERE TIGHT. THREADS OF THE TIE ROD DID NOT APPEAR TO BE STRIPPED BUT THE ADJUST TUBE WOULD NOT TIGHTEN TO THE OUTER TIE ROD LOCK NUT. THIS IS THE FIRST AND ONLY INSTANCE OF THIS FAILURE ON THIS CAR. DEALER IS REPLACING BOTH DRIVERS AND PASSENGER SIDE INNER TIE ROD, OUTER TIE ROD AND ADJUST TUBE AT MY COST. MY CONCERN IS THE SEVERITY OF THE FAILURE. IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR ACCIDENT WITH DEATHS OR MAJOR INJURY OCCURRING. AUTO IS 10 YEARS OLD WITH APPROX 120000 MILES. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER BOTH INDICATED THAT THIS IS A WEAR ITEM BUT IS NOT PART OF AN INSPECTION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT. WHILE DRIVING 33 MPH, THE CRANKSHAFT PULLED SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED RECALL 00V311001 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING: ENGINE) FOR THE 1999 MODEL BUT THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NOW THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 154,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT. WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE SERVICED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE SUB FRAME WAS COMPLETELY ROTTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 195,529.

CRANKSHAFT PULLEY BROKE,STEERING WHEEL STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SPILLING FUEL FROM THE GASKET ON THE TANK KNOWN AS THE LEVELER GASKET. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS SIMILAR TO RECALL 04V319000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: STORAGE) BUT THE MODEL YEAR WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 103,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MITSUBISHI MONTARO SPORT. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 55 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AREA WITH A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD; AND THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED. THE CONTACT STATED THE CRANKSHAFT BOLT WAS LOOSE WHICH WAS TIGHTENED. THE VEHICLE RESUMED OPERATION WITH CAUTION. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZE DEALER. ALSO, THERE WAS A RECALL DEFECT FOR THE 1999 MITSUBISHI MONTARO SPORT THAT MENTIONED THE IDENTICAL FAILURES AS THE 2000 MODEL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 68,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 55 MPH, THE ENGINE WOULD VIBRATE EXCESSIVELY. THE DEALER MADE UNKNOWN REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE BUT DID NOT ADDRESS THE CONTACTS CONCERNS WITH THE ENGINE VIBRATION. THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE TO THE ROTORS. FOLLOWING REPAIRS, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT OPERATE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,196 UPDATED 06/08/10.*LJ WITH ONLY A 157,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AFTER IT FINALLY BROKE DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY. UPDATED EVOQ 08/18/10......UPDATED 12/05/12 *BF THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT ALL CLAIMS AGAINST THIS VEHICLE BE CANCELED. UPDATED 12/7/2012 *JS

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS HAVING HIS VEHICLE INSPECTED HE WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS ROTTEN AND THAT THERE WERE HOLES IN THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 134000.

2000 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT THE PITMAN ARM TIE ROD BOLT SNAP WHILE BACKING UP IN THE PARKING LOT. IT WAS NOT LOOSE WHATSOEVER NO SYMPTOMS IT JUST SNAP.IT WAS THE ORIGINAL OEM PART FROM THE FACTORY. IF IT WAS BROKEN AT THE HIGHWAY I WOULD HAVE KILLED MYSELF AND OTHERS AND WOULD CAUSE SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I HAVE THE PART SAVE HERE IF YOU WISH TO INVESTIGATE . *TR THANKS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT. WHEN RETRIEVING HIS VEHICLE FROM A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP; HE PROCEEDED TO ACCELERATE AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DEALER STATED THAT WHEN REMOVING THE BATTERY FROM THE VEHICLE AND REPLACING IT THE VEHICLE COMPUTER SYSTEM RESET WHICH CAUSED IMPROPER IDLE. HE THEN ADDED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD HAVE TO BE DUPLICATED WITHIN THE NEXT TWO DAYS IN ORDER TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED HER THAT SINCE THEY WERE UNABLE TO VIEW THE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS ON THE VEHICLE, NO ASSISTANCE COULD BE OFFERED . THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,000.THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 84,273.

SINCE I PURCHASED THIS VEH, IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME AS TO HOW OFTEN I WAS HAVING TO HAVE THE BRAKES REPLACED AND COMPONENTS REPLACED. A FRIEND TOLD ME TO CHECK RECALLS FOR MITSUBISHI AND NOW I FIND THE BRAKE SYSTEM HAS A RECALL. WELL DUE TO ME BEING WAY PAST MY WARRANTY THE RECALL DOES NOT HELP ME, BUT FROM WHAT I HEAR THE DEALER REFUSES TO MAKE THESE FREE REPAIRS. REFUND FOR ALL CONSUMERS WHO BROUGHT THE THINGS. NO ACCIDENTS OR INJURY AT THIS POINT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE CONTACT REAR ENDED THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS CRUSHED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN, BUT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BACK INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. THE CHILD IN THE BACK SEAT WAS UNINJURED. THE CONTACT HAS PICTURES OF THE CRASH AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE HAD NEVER BEEN ANY MAINTENANCE OR REPAIR PERFORMED ON THE AIR BAGS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 152,000.

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 THE FUSED LOOP/ENERGY MANAGEMENT LOOP DEPLOYED, THE ADDED 10 INCHES OF SLACK IN THE SEAT BELT SYSTEM WOULD ELIMINATE THE ABILITY OF THE SEAT AND RESTRAINT SYSTEM TO PROPERLY RESTRAIN THE OCCUPANT DURING A ROLLOVER WITH FATAL CONSEQUENCES.*JB

I WENT TO PUT A CHILD'S SAFETY SEATS INTO CAR AND THE SEATBELT WOULD NOT LOCK IN PLACE AT ALL. WHEN I BOUGHT CAR I TOLD DEALERSHIP THAT THE SEAT BELT DIDN'T WORK AND THEY SAID THE WOULD CHECK THAT DID NOT CHECK SEATBELT STILL DOES NOT WORK. I CALL MITSUBISHI AND THEY SAID THAT THE SEATBELTS WERE OUT OF THEIR TIME FRAME FOR REPLACEMENT AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO HELP ME. ALL BACK SEAT SEATBELT DO NOT WORK IN MANNER THEY ARE TO AND WOULD LIKE SOMETHING DONE. CAR IS A MITSUBISHI 2000 MONTERO LIMITED SPORT. *JB

THE 2000 MONTERO SPORT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE 1995-1999 MODEL. THE CRANKSHAFT HAS COME OFF THE VEHICLE ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. HAD TO PAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ,INCLUDING $1400.00 ON THE LAST VISIT TO MITSUBISHI DEALERSHIP. NOW IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND THE DEALER TELLS ME THE CRANKSHAFT ITSELF HAS TO BE REPLACE AND WHILE THEY ARE DOING THAT , THEY MIGHT AS WELL REPLACED THE PISTON TO,WHICH WILL CAUSE THOUSANDS MORE DOLLARS IN REPAIRS. MITISI NEEDS TO OWN UP TO THERE RESPONSIBILITIES, AND HONOR THESE REPAIRS. WHY WILL A DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT TELL A CUSTOMER THEY CAN NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. *AK

FOR MANY YEARS NOW, LIFT GATE OCCASIONALLY WOULD NOT OPEN, AFTER OPENING ONLY A SHORT TIME BEFORE. FOR EXAMPLE, I WOULD LOAD GROCERIES IN THE BACK, GET HOME AND BE UNABLE TO GET THE LIFTGATE TO OPEN TO GET THE GROCERIES OUT. I COULD NOT FIGURE OUT ANY ASSOCIATED REASON FOR THIS. RECENTLY, (FEB. '07) GATE WOULD NOT CLOSE AT THE STORE, ON ARRIVING HOME, GATE WOULD NOT OPEN AND HAS REMAINED THAT WAY SINCE. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO USE THE BACK OF MY VEHICLE SINCE THEN. *JB

JULY, 2005 A/TRANSMISSION SHIFTING ERRATIC, SLIPPING, CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO LOSS OF CONTROL. MITSUBISHI DEALERSHIP PERFORMED A/T FLUSH AND ERRATIC BEHAVIOR WAS CLEARED. ON FIRST ROAD TRIP AFTER THIS REPAIR, THE NEUTRAL SHIFT INDICATOR, "N", BEGAN TO FLASH AFTER VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY FOR 45 MINUTES. ACCORDING TO THE OWNERS MANUAL, THIS INDICATES THE A/T IS OVERHEATING AND VEHICLE SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO A STOP TO AVOID DAMAGE AND/OR INJURY. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE BACK SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT ANY RESOLUTION AS THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE MY COMPLAINT. ON MY LAST VISIT OF 12/19/06, THE DEALERSHIP RECOMMENDS I UPGRADE THE A/T OIL PAN TO A LARGER ONE PER TSB 00-23-008 AT MY COST. THIS POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD IS NOT DUE TO A DAMAGE OR A PART THAT HAS WORN OUT. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS DESIGN DEFECT THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD CORRECT AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER. PLEASE ASSIST ME IN RESOLVING THIS SITUATION. *JB

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 RED RELEASE BUTTON WAS RIPPED OUT OF THE RECEIVER PART OF THE SEAT BELT. MY SON MISSED FIVE DAYS OF WORK BECAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. IF HIS SEAT BELT WOULD HAVE HELD UP HE MIGHT HAVE MISSED ONLY ONE DAY OF WORK. THE ONLY LINGERING INJURY THAT HE SUSTAINED WAS AN INJURED TAIL BONE THAT STILL BOTHERS HIM. I CONTACTED MITSUBISHI THE DAY AFTER THE WRECK AND EXPLAINED TO THEM WHAT HAPPENED. THE WRECK HAPPENED ON APRIL 25, AND IT TOOK MITSUBISHI UNTIL SEPTEMBER 13TH TO RENDER A DECISION. THEY DECIDED THAT EXTERNAL FORCES WERE APPLIED BY SOME UNDETERMINED OBJECT IN THE VEHICLE TO THE RED RELEASE BUTTON AT THE TOP OF THE BUCKLE. THERE WAS NO WAY ANYTHING HIT THE RED RELEASE BUTTON, BECAUSE ON INITIAL IMPACT MY SON WAS THROWN TO THE TOP OF THE CAR. I DO STILL HAVE THE VEHICLE, AND IT IS TARPED SO NOTHING COULD HAPPEN TO IT. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF I NEED TO KEEP IT OR SELL IT FOR PARTS. *NM

MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT, YEAR 2000 - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER DRIVING ~ 200 MILES AT 70 MPH. STOPPED AFTER DRIVING 20 MORE MILES. SMOKE WAS COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT NEAR TRANSMISSION. APPEARS TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS VENTING AND HITTING HOT ENGINE. ALLOWED CAR TO COOL DOWN, AS RECOMMENDED IN OWNERS MANUAL. THEN PROCEEDED TO AUTO MECHANIC WHO CONFIRMED VEHICLE WAS SHIFTING HARD BETWEEN 2 & 3RD GEAR AND WAS NOT LOCKING IN THE TORQUE CONVERTER AFTER GOING INTO OVERDRIVE. VEHICLE HAS ~ 118,000 MILES AT THE TIME. SAME THING OCCURRED BACK WHEN VEHICLE ONLY HAD ~ 30,000 MILES AND DEALER DID SOMETHING AT THAT TIME. I NOTICE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ON NHTSA WEBSITE. SUGGEST MITSUBISHI SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM AT THEIR EXPENSE. *JB

AFTER CHANGING THE TIRE AND THEN REPLACING THE SPARE FOR THE FIXED TIRE, THE WHEEL LUG NUT ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE BROKE OFF. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED. THE WHEEL SCREWS ARE ALSO ALL RUSTED AND THE LUG NUTS HAVE A TENDENCY TO GET BENT WHEN TRYING TO REMOVE THEM. THE LAST TIME I HAD TO PAY FOR THE SCREW REPLACEMENT. I WILL GO TO THE DEALER TOMORROW TO DISCUSS THE SECOND INCIDENT. THE LUG NUTS APPEAR TO BE MADE OF ALUMINUM OR OTHER SOFT METAL AND EASILY BEND. ALL THE WHEEL SCREWS HAVE RUSTED.

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CRANK SHAFT BOLT CAME LOOSE ON THE 2000 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT ON 9-6-05. THE CRANK SHAFT BOLT BROKE THE AIR CONDITIONER BELT. THE CONTACT LOST POWER STEERING ABILITY, THE ALTERNATOR BELT BROKE AND THE HARMONIC BALANCER FAILED. IN 1999 THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE CRANK BOLT BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *AK *MR

INITIALLY THERE WAS A RATTLING SOUND WHEN THE GEAR SELECTOR WAS PUSHED A CERTAIN WAY. THE MITSUBISHI TECH'S WOULD NOT EVEN LOOK AT THE PROBLEM TILL I FIGURED OUT HOW TO REPRODUCE THE NOISE FOR THEM. THEN ON LONG TRIPS THE A/T LAMP WOULD COME ON. I WOULD PULL OVER AND LET THE ENGINE COOL THE PROCEED UNTIL THE NEXT A/T INCIDENT. SOME OF THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY THE TRANSMISSION HAVING BOLT HEADS RATTLING AROUND INSIDE THE TRANS HOUSING. OTHER PROBLEMS WERE CAUSED BY POROSITY OF THE TRANS BELL HOUSING LEAKING TRANS FLUID. MITSUBISHI 'FIXED' THE LEAKS AND BOLTS RATTLING AROUND INSIDE THE TRANS, BUT NOW ON TRIPS OF 100 MILES OR SO WHEN YOU ACCELERATE FROM A STOP DURING THE REV UP TO SHIFTING AROUND THE 2ND TO 3RD GEAR SHIFT THE TACH WILL INDICATE A HIGH REV THEN FALL BACK WHEN THE SHIFT IS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE TRANS. THE VEHICLE WILL 'BUCK' IN RESPONSE TO THIS SHIFTING ANOMALY. THIS EFFECT WILL NOT HAPPEN UNLESS THE ENGINE HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR AN HOUR OR SO. I NOW NO LONG TAKE THIS VEHICLE ON LONG TRIPS UNLESS COMPELLED TO DO SO. *JB

AT TIMES THE INTERIOR LIGHT WILL NOT TURN ON WHEN OPENING THE DOOR. ALSO THE DOORS LOCK BY IT'S SELF. *AK

I JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE MAY OF 2004 AND ALREADY IT NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION, I HAVE TALK TO ALOT OF OTHER PEOPLE AND THERE VEHICLE IS DOING THE SAME THING. *NM

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE "N" LIGHT ON THE GEAR SHIFT STARTED FLASHING. THIS INDICATES THAT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS OVERHEATING, AND THAT I SHOULD PULL OVER TO LET IT COOL PER THE OWNERS MANUAL AND A STICKER ON THE DRIVERS DOOR. *AK THIS IS INCONVENIENT AND HAS HAPPENED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS BEFORE...AT LEAST 20 TIMES. I HAVE GONE TO THE DEALER MANY TIMES TO HAVE THIS FIXED TO NO AVAIL. IF THE MFR. KNOWS THAT THE PROBLEM EXISTS, WHY CAN'T THE FIX IT?

I HAVE A 2000 MITSUBISHI MONTEROSPORT XLS. THE REAR SUSPENSION BOTTOM OUT WHEN CAR WAS LOADED. WHEN I HAD WARRANTY MITSU DEALER SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. NOW IT EXPIRED, FIXING IT WILL COST $600.*AK THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL. ALL 2000 MONTEROSPORT HAVE THIS PROBLEM ACCORDING TO MANY FORUMS I HAVE SEEN.

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TEMP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND WAITED FOR THE LIGHT TO GO OFF, BUT IT NEVER DID. THE TRANSMISSION STARED TO JERK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB

I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN MY 2000 MONTERO SPORT AND THE LACK OF ANSWERS THAT I HAVE RECEIVED IN THE PAST. IN ADDITION MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHEN I TOOK THE CAR IN I WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN FIXED. LATER THE SAME DAY IT CAME BACK ON, I RETURNED THE FOLLOWING DAY, AND WAS TOLD TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG I WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE THE CAR ONE COMPLETE DAY TO DETERMINE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS SINCE NOTHING APPEARED TO BE WRONG. I LEFT IT AND WHEN I PICKED IT UP I WAS TOLD THAT THE CARS COMPUTER WAS TRYING TO PLACE THE CAR IN 2 DIFFERENT GEARS AT THE SAME TIME AND THE PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED. A FEW DAYS LATER WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ON MY WAY TO WORK THE CAR SHUDDERED AND SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL ON ITS OWN AND REFUSED TO MOVE, SUBSEQUENTLY THE AIR-CONDITION STARTED BLOWING HOT AIR. WHEN I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO DRIVE IT REMAINED IN 1ST GEAR AND WOULD NOT SHIFT TO SECOND. AT THAT POINT I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON, I WAS TOLD THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION BUT THEY COULDNT DIAGNOSE WHAT EXACTLY WAS WRONG AND THE CAR WAS RETURNED TO ME. THE CAR WAS THEN TAKEN TO AAMCO TRANSMISSION TO FIND THE PROBLEM SINCE THE CAUSE COULD NOT BE FOUND AT THE DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD THE FOLLOWING OCCURRED OVER TIME AND IN THIS ORDER: TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED (CAUSING THE SHUDDERING AND JERKING WHEN GEARS WERE CHANGED), PUMP FAILED DUE TO CONVERTER PROBLEM, TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO PUMP FAILURE, BUSHINGS AND PLAST

MISTUBISHI MONTERO SPORT 2000- AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE LIGHT COMES ON WHEN THERE ARE MORE THAN 2 PERSONS IN THE VEHICLE, OR WHEN THERE IS CARGO IN THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING DISTANCES OVER 1 HOUR IN LENGTH. PULLING OVER AND STOPPING WOULD LET LIGHT GO OFF AFTER A/T TEMP COOLED DOWN. ALSO, WOULD LEAK A/T FLUID WHEN LIGHT COMES ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, THEY TOLD ME IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL AND THAT IN ORDER TO PREVENT A/T DAMAGE, I HAD TO HAVE A LARGER A/T FLUID PAN INSTALLED TO ALLOW FOR THE "OVERHEATING OF THE FLIUD", OR ELSE I WAS NOT TO TRAVEL WITH MORE THAN ONE OTHER PERSON OR CARGO IN MY VEHICLE OR IT WOULD DAMANGE THE TRANSMISSION. IT COST ME OVER $350 TO REPLACE THE A/T PAN. I TRUELY BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL, AS WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO REPLACE SOMETHING LIKE THIS IF IT WASN'T CORRECLTY INSTALLED/PUT TOGETHER IN THE FIRST PLACE!*AK