Safety Score
82
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-23 | 20V035000 |
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE | 18,123 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-06 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AT THE MOMENT THE ONLY SITUATION THAT I HAVE HAD WITH THE MITSUBISHI AIRBAG RECALL IS THAT WHEN I CALL THE CUSTOMER REL… |
| 2020-09-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 MITSUBISHI MONTERO. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMB… |
| 2020-08-13 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SOUTHSIDE MITSUBISHI IN ORLANDO AND BECAUSE A MECHANIC NAMED BOB WHO'S BEEN THERE FOR OVER 20 … |
| 2019-01-01 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING THE SMELL OF GASOLINE INSIDE THE CAR, STRONGER WHEN I OPEN THE BACK REAR LUGGAGE AREA AND REAR … |
| 2008-06-13 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | DRIVING TO STORE I ACCELERATED FROM A STOP SIGN AND CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AFTER TAKING FOOT OFF GAS PEDAL. TRI… |
| 2007-03-23 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MITSUBISHI MONTERO. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH,THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE MECHANIC STATED TH… |
| 2006-08-10 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS | No | 0 | CRANKSHAFT PULLEY BROKE OFF. LOST BELTS, LOST POWER STEERING AND ALTERNATOR POWER . REPAIR SHOP SAYS ENGINE MUST BE R… |
| 2005-08-26 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE | No | 0 | MINOR PROBLEM WITH SWELLING IN DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG, 1998 MITS MONTERO, VIN[XXX]. PURCHASED NEW IN SANTA MARIA CA. THE SW… |
| 2003-08-04 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | No | 0 | WHILE PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 60 MPH GAS PEDAL BECAME STUCK AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO ABOVE 80 MPH. PUMPING THE B… |
| 2003-06-06 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 2 | WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A THREE VEHICLE PILE UP. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DE… |
| 2002-06-01 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES HAD VEHICLE CHECKED BY A DEALER SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE OF "CLICKING" NOISE. DEALER FINALLY DETERMINED T… |
| 2001-08-25 | STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS | Yes | 0 | IN A FRONTAL HEAD ON COLLISION VEHICLE IMPACTEED ON A TREE, AND IT PUSHED RADIATOR INTO ENGINE, AND FRAME BENT BECAUS… |
| 2001-05-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | EVERYTIME VEHICLE REACHES HIGHWAY SPEEDS, ABOUT 55MPH AND UP, VEHICLE WILL END UP STALLING. HAS CONTACTED DEALER, AND … |
| 2001-01-25 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING COULD STEP ON BRAKE PEDAL AND BRAKES WILL NOT OPERATE. PEDAL WILL GO ALWAY TO GROUND. *AK |
| 2000-10-13 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM | No | 0 | AT 55MPH A SMELL OF PLASTIC BURNING WAS SMELLED, THAN A LOUD SOUND WAS HEARD AND LOOKED BACK AND THE WHOLE BACK HATCH G… |
| 2000-09-06 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT | Yes | 1 | AT STOP LIGHT. HIT IN REAR BY CAR GOING ATLEAST 45 MPH. NECK WHIP-LASH DESPITE 3 POINT SEATBELT AND ADDED THICKNESS HEA… |
| 2000-09-02 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE | Yes | 3 | ON IMPACT, THE REAR SEAT BELT CAME UNDONE AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. |
| 2000-09-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL) | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE AND CONSUMER WENT TO SHIFTGEAR, AND VEHICLE MADE NOISE AND IT WAS ROUGH. SO WHEN HE … |
| 2000-08-09 | SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK | No | 0 | UNDER "NORMAL" BRAKING CONDITIONS, WHEELS LOCK CAUSING VEHICLE TO SKID AND STEERING IS IMAPIRED. |
| 2000-08-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE STALLS REPEATED TIMES AT LOW RPM'S |
| 2000-04-21 | STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING PASSENGER'S FRONT INNER TIE ROD BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL WHICH MIGHT HAVE RESULTED IN A CR… |
| 2000-04-06 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR WORKS INADVERTENTLY, AFFECTS VISIBILITY IN THE RAIN. DEALER INSPECTED, AND DISCOVERED THAT MOT… |
| 1999-12-14 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 6 | AFTER DRIVER HAD BEEN DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 3-31/2 MILES AUTOMOBILE LURCHED FORWARD, CAUSING THE REAR END OF THE AUTO … |
| 1999-09-21 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL IS BOUNCING, AND THE ROTORS WENT OUT. PROBLEM HAPPENED TWICE,… |
| 1999-09-02 | WHEELS | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER COULD FEEL ANY OBJECT THAT COULD AFFECT THE VEHICLE THROUGH BOTTOM BECAUSE SHREDDED WIND GUARD.… |
| 1999-08-20 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | THERE IS A CONTINUOUS AND EXTREME PULSATION,VIBRATION OF THE STEERING WHEEL AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 40 M.P.H. THE S… |
| 1999-06-20 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED, VEHICLE WOULD SLIDE OR SKID. INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. TOOK TO DEALER & INFORMED BRAKES ARE S… |
| 1999-04-27 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS | No | 0 | VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE BRAKE PADS CAUSING GRINDING NOISE. MJS |
| 1999-04-25 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | CRANKSHAFT BOLT BROKE, CAUSING TIMING BELT PULLEY/SPROCKET TO FALL OFF. THIS IS AN INTERFERENCE ENGINE AND COULD HAD C… |
| 1999-03-13 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD | Yes | 0 | WINDSHIELD ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE HAS A BAD BLIND SPOT. IT PORTRUDES JUST OUTSIDE THE SIDE MIRROR. WAS AT A STOP LIGHT… |
| 1999-03-13 | STEERING:RACK AND PINION | No | 0 | I HAVE DONE ALMOST EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM WITH THE SUBJECT VEHICLE, FROM SENDING LETTERS TO THE DEA… |
| 1998-12-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | COMPARTMENT FOR EYE GLASSES DOES NOT CLOSE, WHILE DRIVING VIBRATION CAUSES IT TO OPEN, LATCH HAS TO BE SHUT SEVERAL TIM… |
| 1998-11-16 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | Yes | 0 | I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT SIX WEEKS AFTER I PURCHASED MY MONTERO. STUART LINCOLN-MERCURY, WHO IS AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, REPA… |
| 1998-11-15 | TIRES:TREAD/BELT | No | 0 | FRONT TIRE DEVELOPED BUMPS IN TREAD AND MADE RIDE UNCOMFORTABLE. YH |
| 1998-11-02 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | FROM THE DATE OF PURCHASE OF VEHICLE WHICH WAS DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS, PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED THAT SAME NIGHT . SPEC… |
| 1998-10-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE | No | 0 | SEAT BELT ATTACHMENT FAILED. YH |
| 1998-09-23 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | OCCASIONALLY WHEN MAKING A COMPLETE STOP AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE ENGINE CUTS OFF OR SLOWS DOWN WHEN ON HIGHWAY. … |
| 1998-09-05 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL) | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH ENGINE RUNNING. AFTER APPROX. 10 MIN VEHICLE JUMPED INTO GEAR AND CRASHED. |
| 1998-09-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | No | 0 | BRAKES FAILED. |
| 1998-08-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | No | 0 | BRAKES FAILED. YH |
| 1998-05-20 | TIRES | No | 0 | SINCE THE DAY OF PURCHASE WE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND HAVE ATTEMPTED TO TRY TO FIX THE PROBLEM, BUT HAVE BEEN UNSU… |
| 1998-04-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | METAL FRAGMENTS FOUND IN ENGINE. YH |
| 1998-03-01 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | CONSTANT VIBRATION AT 50 AND OVER, HEAVY SHAKING, STEERING WHEEL MUST NE HELD BY 2 HANDS. *AK |
| 1998-02-28 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | FROM THE OUTSET, I HAVE EXPERIENCED CONSTANT, CONTINUED VIBRATION FROM THE FRONT END OF THIS VEHICLE, THE DEALER HAS BA… |
| 1998-02-23 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | FRONT END VIBRATES WHEN DRIVING AT 65MPH. DEALER CONTACTED FIVE TIMES,. STATED NORMAL DRIVING CONDITION, PROBLEM CANNOT… |
| 1997-12-20 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT | Yes | 0 | DUE TO NON -TIGHTENING/MISSING OF THE LOWER BALL JOINT NUT BY THE MANUFACTURER. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE RIGHT… |
| 1997-11-01 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | VEHICLE SHAKES WHILE DRIVING. |
| 1997-08-28 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING THE FUEL LINE BROKE AWAY FOR THE ENGINE AND CAUSED THE FUEL TO POUR OUT OVER THE ENGINE. THE PROBLEM HAS B… |
| — | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH A SA RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT VEHICLE ROLLED OVER, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WITHOUT INDICATIONS… |
| — | STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS | No | 0 | WHEN MONTERO RUNS INTO A FLLOD ARE WITH SPEED OF 30 MPH OR OVER, WATER MAY SPREAD OVER WINDSHIELD/ROOF, MAKING IT DIFFI… |