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1997 Mitsubishi Montero complaints

Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1997 record →

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Aug 21, 1998PR

DEFECTIVE BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON. UPON STARTING VEHICLE BRAKE LIGHTS AUTOMATICALLY COME ON. DEALER CONTACTED TWO TIMES, AND CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Aug 17, 1998VA

BRAKES/EXHAUST/CRANCASE EMISSION CONTROL DEVICES AND CUP HOLDER FAILED.

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Aug 6, 1998DC

ACCELERATOR FAILARE/BRAKE FAILARE.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed May 28, 1998TX

ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; DURING NORMAL BRAKING, NO INCLEMENT WEATHER, WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE TRUCK WOULD PULSATE VERY BADLY. THE FRONT ROTORS WERE RESURFACED ON DECEMBER 31, 1997 AT 4462 MILES. AT 7600 MILES ON MAR 10, 1997, BOTH ROTORS WERE REPLACED BECAUSE OF WARPING. ROTORS ARE BEING REPLACED EVERY 3 THOUSAND MILES. THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

Air Bags
Filed May 5, 1998FL

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING VEHICLE COLLISION.

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Apr 11, 1998CA

WHEN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE INTO DRIVE VEHICLE STALLS.

Visibility › Windshield
Filed Mar 16, 1998CA

WINDSHIELD WHISTLES VERY LOUD

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings
Filed Mar 7, 1998PR

LEFT FRONT BRAKE LINES ARE TOO CLOSE TO AIR CONDITIONER LINES. FRICTION CAUSED BRAKES LINE HOSE TO HAVE HOLE IN IT & LEAKED FLUID. WAS APPLYING BRAKES & VEHICLE DID NOT STOP QUICKLY. HAD IT REPAIRED. TOOK TO DEALER & WAS REIMBURSED. *AK

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Dec 8, 1997AR

DRIVIING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH IN CENTER LANE, HIT SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD ON, BOTH FENDERS AND ENTIRE FRONT WAS HIT. CONSUMER ALMOST HIT WINDSHIELD. DRIVER'S AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. HAD SEAT BELT ON. AROUND $4500 WORTH DAMAGE ON FRONT ALONE .THIS DEFECT CAN RESULT IN INJURIES IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. *AK

Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner
Filed Sep 17, 1997MA

AIR CONDITIONING QUIT WORKING WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. *AK

Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
Filed Aug 1, 1997LA

STEERING PLATE BETWEEN FRAME AND POWER STEERING WARPED.

Electrical System › Starter Assembly
Filed Jun 19, 1997CO

14 HOURS AFTER PURCHASING A NEW VEHICLE THE CONSUMER TRIED TO START IT UP AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START, AND THEN TRIED TO TURN THE RADIO ON AND THE RADIO DID NOT WORK BECAUSE OF A SHORT CIRCUIT IN THE ELECTRICAL HARNESS. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

Air Bags › FrontalCrash2 injured
Filed Jun 5, 1997AR

DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING FRONT END CRASH, VEHICLE BROADSIDED ANOTHER MOVING VEHICLE, ACCORDING TO AUTO REPAIR SHOP, SENSORS WERE NOT HIT, FRONT BUMPERS TOTALLY DAMAGED. *AK

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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

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