2002 MITSUBISHI MONTERO Complaints

FRAME AND UNDERCARRIAGE ROT/RUST. WAS TOLD BY ONE SHOP ABOUT IN 2013 THAT I HAD ALOT OF RUST ON THE FRAME WHEN THEY REPLACED MY RUSTED BRAKE LINES.. THIS WEEK IN OCTOBER 2014 I HAD TO REPLACE A RUSTY FILL PIPE FOR MY GAS AND THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT I HAD MAJOR RUST ON THE FRAME AND UNDERCARRIAGE AND THAT A REAR END COLLISION OF ANY KIND COULD POTENTIALLY TOTAL MY CAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MITSUBISHI MONTERO. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE UNDER THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE HOOD. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ACCUMULATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000.

BROUGHT 2002 MONTERO SPORT FOR INSPECTION INSPECTOR TOLD ME THE REAR FRAME AND UNDERCARRIAGE WAS ROTTEN VEHICLE WAS NOT TO BE DRIVEN. WHAT DO I DO WITH VEHICLE NOW THAT I JUST PAID IT OFF AND I CANT DRIVE? *TR

2002 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT; THE CAR HORN/ALARM GOES OFF USUALLY WHEN A DROP OF TEMPERATURE OCCURS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. TO FIX ... HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL OF THE AIR BAG AND THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN. VERY EXPENSIVE FOR A MECHANIC, OVER $1200. I HAVE TO UNHOOK MY BATTERY EVERY NIGHT AND ON COLDER DAYS. RESEARCHING ONLINE.....A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DISABLING THE HORN/ALARM SYSTEM AND DRIVING WITHOUT HORNS. OR THEY ARE TAMPERING WITH THE AIR BAG TO TRY AND FIX. IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM....... TODAY I COULD NOT DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE EVERY TIME I HOOKED THE BATTERY CABLE BACK UP THE HORN STAYED ON. I AM CONSIDERING DISABLING THE HORN ALTOGETHER. *TR

DRIVING TRUCK WHEN I FIRST HEAR NOISE WHEN I WAS I WAS PRESSING ON THE BRAKES A WEEK AND A HALF EARLIER. I TOOK TO REPAIRS SHOP AND TOLD THEM I WAS HEARING BEEPING NOISE, THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED NEW BRAKES , WHICH THEY DID, AND THEY WOULD RESET THE COMPUTER AND I WOULD NOT HEAR THE NOISE THAT DAY OR IN A VIEW DAYS. THEN I FOUND OUT I DID NOT NEED THE BRAKES RIGHT A THAT TIME, ONLY ONE SHOE PAD WAS A LITTLE WORE. I TOOK IT BACK AND THEN THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND THEY WOULD TRY TO GET PARTS FROM FRIENDS THAT WORK AT THE DEALER AND WOULD CALL ME BACK, HE DID NOT. TOOK IT TO PEP BOYS TOLD ME TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER WHICH I DID BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE TOOLS AND IT WAS THE ONLY ONE COULD DO IT, BECAUSE I TOLD THEM I WAS HEARING BEEPING NOISE ON LEFT SIDE OF TRUCK. CALLED THE DEALER AND TOOK TO THEM AND THEY SAID THEM THE SAME THING, NEED NEW BRAKING SYSTEM. ASK IF THERE WAS A RECALL THEY SAID NO. CHARGED $2200.00. *TR

I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK IN APRIL THEN I WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESS WAY AND WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO START SLOWING DOWN THE BRAKES LOCKED ON THE VEHICLE ALMOST CAUSING AND ACCIDENT. I HAVE TRIED TO FIX THEM AND STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, THEM I FOUND OUT THERE IS A RECALL ON THE BRAKES. THE DEALERS REFUSE TO FIX IT. WHAT SHOULD I DO AND WHAT ARE THE LAWS ON RECALLS. *TR

I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK FROM A USED CAR DEALER IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR 2013, 2 MONTHS LATER I STARTED TO HEAR A CHIRPING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE FROM THE LEFT SIDE WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES. THEN 3 WEEKS LATER AS I EXITED THE RAMP TO GO HOME AND STEPPED ON THE PEDAL TO BRAKE THE FOUR WHEELS LOCKED ON ME CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AFTER GOING ON THE RAMP FOR APROX 50 MPH . TWO CARS BEHIND ME ALMOST CRASHED IN TO ME LUCKILY AVOIDED ME OF COURSE THEY WERE UPSET BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT I HAD INTENTIONALLY DID IT. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED HOME AND HAVE TRIED NUMEROUS TIMES TO REPAIR IT AND THE BRAKING SYSTEM STILL DOES NOT WORK. IT STILL MAKES THAT SAME NOISE AND LOCKS UP. I HAVE NOT USED THE VEHICLE FOR TWO MONTHS BECAUSE THIS PROBLEM, AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ON HOW I COULD FIX THE PROBLEM I CAME TO FIND OUT THERE IS A RECALL ON THE BRAKING SYSTEM OF THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE READ THE LAWS AND INFO ON THE WEBSITE AND CALLED THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES SO THEY CAN FIX THIS MANUFACTURES DEFECT AND THE MITSUBISHI CORP OFFICE AND THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO HELP. THE DEALER TOLD ME THEY HAVE NOT FIXED THE ISSUE ON MY TRUCK WHEN THEY CHECKED THE MODRL NUMBER AND THE CORP OFFICES TOLD ME THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY HAD AND THEN THAT THEY DID NOT. IF THEY DID THEN IT WOULD BE A LEMON. I THINK THE DEALER SOLD ME THE TRUCK KNOWING ABOUT THE ISSUE. MY QUESTION IS WHAT CAN I DO AND WERE CAN I GET HELP. *TR

THE REAR VIEW MIRROR CHANGES AUTOMATICALLY TO NIGHT VISION YOU CAN NOT CHANGE IT BACK. IT VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE CARS BEHIND YOU WITH THE WAY IT CHANGES AND HOW CLOSE THEY ARE TO YOU. MY DAUGHTER BACKED INTO SOMEONE BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT TELL THEY WERE BEHIND HER. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS ALSO. I THINK IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO ADJUST THE MIRROR YOURSELF. AND YOU CAN'T. *TR

I WAS GOING TO START DRIVING A VERY INCLINED HILL APROX. 45 DEGREES, I STOPPED THE CAR, CHANGED THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TO 3 GEAR, WHEN I GET TO THE TOP OF THE HILL I CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION BACK TO D GEAR, BUT I NOTICED SOMETHING WEIRD WITH THE WAY THE TRANSMISSION WAS RESPONDING BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, SO I KEPT DRIVING ALMOST 100 METERS MORE AND STOPPED THE CAR TO TAKE SOME PICTURES. WHEN I PARKED THE CAR I KNEW SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM, SO I PULLED THE SAFETY BRAKES REALLY HARD BECAUSE THE CAR WAS ALREADY GOING DOWN THE HILL AND I DIDN'T WANT TO FORCE THE TRANSMISSION TO DO ALL THE BRAKE. MY SON WAS ON THE BACK SEAT OF THE CAR SLEEPING WITH THE SAFETY BELT ON, AND SINCE I REALIZED THAT SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT WITH THE TRANSMISSION BEFORE GETTING OFF THE CAR I PULLED EVEN MORE THE SAFETY BRAKE AND GET OFF THE CAR FOR A COUPLE OF PICTURES. WHEN I WAS GOING TO START THE CAR IT DIDN'T START BECAUSE THE CABLE THAT CONNECTS THE TRANSMISSION LEVEL TO THE TRANSMISSION WAS OUT OF THE ROD BECAUSE THERE IS A PLASTIC BUSHING HOLDING THE CABLE WITHIN THE LEVEL ROD THAT WAS BROKEN, IN OTHER WORDS THE ONLY THING PREVENTING THE CAR FROM GOING DOWN HILL WITH MY SON INSIDE WAS THE SAFETY BRAKE, BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WAS SET TO 3 GEAR INSTEAD OF PARKING. THERE WAS A LONG WAY DOWN HILL SO MY SON COULD BE DEATH IF MY WIFE WERE DRIVING BECAUSE MAYBE SHE WOULDN'T REALIZE THAT SOMETHING WRONG WAS HAPPENING WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND ALSO SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE STRENGTH TO PULL THE SAFETY BRAKES THE WAY I DID IT. THE ISSUE IS VERY DANGEROUS, AND IT CAN BE FIXED PRETTY EASY WITH A PLASTIC BUSHING. I HAVE PICTURES THAT I CAN PROVIDE IF NEEDED TO CLARIFY THE ISSUE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE TO AVOID PEOPLE FROM GETTING HURT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MITSUBISHI MONTERO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES, A CLICKING SOUND WAS HEARD AS SMOKE WAS EMITTED FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE BRAKING SYSTEM WAS VIBRATING. THE CONTACT DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER OR A LOCAL MECHANIC. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN I.D. NUMBER 01V254001 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC) AND CALLED THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE RECALL WAS CLOSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.