2002 MITSUBISHI MONTERO Complaints

WAS DRIVING 60MPH AND HAD SWERVED TO MISS A DOG WHEN THE VEHICLE FLIPPED AND ROLLED OVER. THE ROOF HAD CAVED IN AND INJURED THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER. BOTH WERE HOSPITALIZED. THE AIR BAGS ON THE SIDE FAILED TO DEPLOY. TS

2 SEPERATE HEAD ON ACCIDENTS IN THIS VEHCILE AND THE AIRBAGS HAVE FAILED BOTH TIMES. THIS TIME THE ABS ALSO DID NOT WORK. DT

ROTORS AND PADS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ON ALL 4 MECHANISMS DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR AND GRINDING SOUND. VEHICLE HAS BEEN BACK TO DEALERSHIP IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND MAY 2002. PLEASE DESCCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

BRIDGESTONE, DUELER HT-689, P265/70R16, DOT # ELLJJNM3701, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2002, MITSUBISHI, MONTERO WITH 11400 MILES. PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR TIRE BLEWOUT AT 65-70 MPH. *AK *YH

VEHICLE INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT WHEN SECOND PARTY RAN RED LIGHT. VEHICLES AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY CAUSIONG INJURY TO CONSUMER AND HIS DAUGHTER. *JG

WHILE DRIVING 45MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING, APPLIED BRAKES; HOWEVER, BRAKES WERE INOPERABLE, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER AND MECHANIC INDICATED PROBLEM WAS THE MASTER CYLINDER, WHICH COULD CAUSE ANOTHER ACCIDENT.*AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT 30 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A CLICKING SOUND. VEHICLE VEERED TO LEFT, AND THERE WAS NO BRAKING ACTION. DEALER REFUSED TO EXAMINE VEHICLE.*AK

CONSUMER STATES BOLT SHEARED OFF OF THE CALIPER HOUSING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO BE UNDRIVEABLE, CONSUMER WAS ASKED BY THE DEALER TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE IN BUT SHE CANNOT DRIVE, WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER AND UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.AK CONSUMER STATES THE 2ND OCCASION HAPPENED DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL APPROX 56 MPH. *MJ

WHILE DRIVING, BRAKES WILL LOCK UP, AND THEN STEERING LOCKS UP. THIS CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER CANNOT FIND THE CAUSE. *AK CONSUMER STATES BRAKES AND STEERING LOCKED ON HIGHWAY TWO TIMES IN FIVE MONTHS. *YH