2003 Mitsubishi Montero — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 53 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Brakes12 (22.6%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 1997–2002.
• Fuel system7 (13.2%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2002–2004.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)6 (11.3%)
• Electrical system4 (7.5%)
• Tires & wheels4 (7.5%)
• Air bags (restraint system)3 (5.7%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 1998–2000.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (1,334 records, model years 1995–2006) are most frequently classified under: brakes, engine and suspension.
• Manufacturer communications (817 records, model years 1995–2006) are most frequently classified under: powertrain (transmission & drivetrain), equipment & accessories and electrical system.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 32reports included a mileage
• 87,795average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1995 132 records for 1995 132
2. 1996 83 records for 1996 83
3. 1997 124 records for 1997 124
4. 1998 121 records for 1998 121
5. 1999 67 records for 1999 67
6. 2000 84 records for 2000 84
7. 2001 284 records for 2001 284
8. 2002 194 records for 2002 194
9. 2003 91 records for 2003 91
10. 2004 52 records for 2004 52
11. 2005 31 records for 2005 31
12. 2006 30 records for 2006 30

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 4mention a crash
• 1mention a fire
• 4mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 2
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 49
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 1
• Owner complaints NHTSA 39

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Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P0638 in 1 record
• P2100 in 1 record

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.