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
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 →
BRAKES/EXHAUST/CRANCASE EMISSION CONTROL DEVICES AND CUP HOLDER FAILED.
ACCELERATOR FAILARE/BRAKE FAILARE.
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
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING VEHICLE COLLISION.
WHEN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE INTO DRIVE VEHICLE STALLS.
WINDSHIELD WHISTLES VERY LOUD
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
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
AIR CONDITIONING QUIT WORKING WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. *AK
STEERING PLATE BETWEEN FRAME AND POWER STEERING WARPED.
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
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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