2005 Mitsubishi Montero

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the steering › hydraulic power assist › hose, piping, and connections. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist › Hose, Piping, and Connections	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist › Hose, Piping, and Connections

Filed Mar 27, 2008132,641 milesMA

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MITSUBISHI MONTERO. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY FAILED. THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL ILLUMINATED AND THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE AND A MECHANIC FOUND A BOLT THAT FAILED AND CAUSED THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY TO DETACH. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL AND COULD NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 132,641.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2001

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Deaths	Assessment
2006	4	0	0	0	Routine
2005 — this page	1	0	0	0	Routine
2004	5	3	0	0	Routine
2003	39	2	1	0	Routine
2002	111	3	1	1	Fatalities reported
2001	166	4	2	0	Routine
2000	51	2	1	0	Routine
1999	40	2	2	1	Fatalities reported
1998	74	4	0	0	Routine
1997	63	2	4	0	Routine
1996	27	2	0	0	Routine
1995	86	2	0	2	Fatalities reported
1994	31	5	0	1	Fatalities reported
1993	14	3	0	0	Routine
1992	12	4	0	0	Routine
1991	18	2	2	0	Routine
1990	23	1	2	0	Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.