2009 Mitsubishi Montero Sport Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2009 Mitsubishi Montero Sport, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Reports by component
Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category
- Airbags133.3%
- Driver assistance133.3%
- Other / unspecified133.3%
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
Each component in detail
What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words
Airbags
Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights.
From owner reports, verbatim
AT ABOUT 6PM ON DECEMBER 16, 2010 MY DAD WAS PARALLEL PARKING ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD OUTSIDE OUR HOUSE, WHEN HIS NOVEMBER 2009 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT (4X2 AUTOMATIC WHICH JUST HAD ITS 5000 KM SERVICE) SUDDENLY ACCELERATED FORWARD WITH VERY HIGH ENGINE REVOLUTION (VERY LOUD) AND COLLIDED WITH A MERCEDES BENZ E230 PARKED JUST 6 METERS AWAY ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD (THE IMPACT WAS SO STRONG THAT THE E230 MOVED ABOUT 3 METERS AS EVIDENCED BY THE TIRE SKID MARKS)! THIS HAPPENED EVEN WHEN MY DAD WAS STEPPING HARD ON THE BRAKES! AFTER COLLIDING WITH THE MERCEDES, THE MONTERO DID NOT STOP BUT CONTINUED FORWARD AT HIGH SPEED (STILL MY FATHER WAS STEPPING HARD ON THE BRAKES!). MY FATHER SAW A PASSING TOYOTA REVO INFRONT OF HIM AND A TRICYCLE INFRONT OF THE REVO. SO HE DECIDED TO HIT AN ELECTRIC POST (68 METERS AWAY FROM OUR HOUSE) TO STOP THE MONTERO! FORTUNATELY, HE MISSED THE ELECTRIC POST BY HALF A METER AND INSTEAD SIDE SWIPED OUR NEIGHBOR'S WALL AND THEN COLLIDED WITH A PALM TREE. AFTER HITTING THE TREE, MY FATHER SAID THAT THE MONTERO STILL JERKED FORWARD A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE STOPPING. AFTER COLLIDING WITH THE MERCEDES BENZ, SIDE SWIPING A WALL, AND HITTING A TREE, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY! IT WAS ONLY VERY FORTUNATE THAT MY FATHER SHIFTED HIS BODY TO THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SO HIS HEAD DID NOT HIT THE WINDSHIELD. MITSUBISHI BLAMED THE FLOOR MAT IN ITS OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION REPORT! THE SAME TYPE OF FLOOR MAT THEY ARE SELLING IN THEIR DEALERSHIP! MITSUBISHI DID NOT EVEN MENTION IN ITS OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION REPORT WHY THE AIRBAGS IN MY DAD'S MONTERO DID NOT DEPLOY DURING THE ACCIDENT. MY DAD REJECTED MITSUBISHI'S OFFICIAL REPORT BUT HE ACCEPTED THE OFFER FROM MITSUBISHI TO BUY BACK HIS MONTERO AT 80% OF ORIGINAL COST. MITSUBISHI WILL NOT COVER THE DAMAGE TO THE MERCEDES BENZ BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT THE ACCIDENT WAS NOT THE FAULT OF THE MONTERO. *TR
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Driver assistance
Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems.
From owner reports, verbatim
AT ABOUT 6PM ON DECEMBER 16, 2010 MY DAD WAS PARALLEL PARKING ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD OUTSIDE OUR HOUSE, WHEN HIS NOVEMBER 2009 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT (4X2 AUTOMATIC WHICH JUST HAD ITS 5000 KM SERVICE) SUDDENLY ACCELERATED FORWARD WITH VERY HIGH ENGINE REVOLUTION (VERY LOUD) AND COLLIDED WITH A MERCEDES BENZ E230 PARKED JUST 6 METERS AWAY ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD (THE IMPACT WAS SO STRONG THAT THE E230 MOVED ABOUT 3 METERS AS EVIDENCED BY THE TIRE SKID MARKS)! THIS HAPPENED EVEN WHEN MY DAD WAS STEPPING HARD ON THE BRAKES! AFTER COLLIDING WITH THE MERCEDES, THE MONTERO DID NOT STOP BUT CONTINUED FORWARD AT HIGH SPEED (STILL MY FATHER WAS STEPPING HARD ON THE BRAKES!). MY FATHER SAW A PASSING TOYOTA REVO INFRONT OF HIM AND A TRICYCLE INFRONT OF THE REVO. SO HE DECIDED TO HIT AN ELECTRIC POST (68 METERS AWAY FROM OUR HOUSE) TO STOP THE MONTERO! FORTUNATELY, HE MISSED THE ELECTRIC POST BY HALF A METER AND INSTEAD SIDE SWIPED OUR NEIGHBOR'S WALL AND THEN COLLIDED WITH A PALM TREE. AFTER HITTING THE TREE, MY FATHER SAID THAT THE MONTERO STILL JERKED FORWARD A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE STOPPING. AFTER COLLIDING WITH THE MERCEDES BENZ, SIDE SWIPING A WALL, AND HITTING A TREE, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY! IT WAS ONLY VERY FORTUNATE THAT MY FATHER SHIFTED HIS BODY TO THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SO HIS HEAD DID NOT HIT THE WINDSHIELD. MITSUBISHI BLAMED THE FLOOR MAT IN ITS OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION REPORT! THE SAME TYPE OF FLOOR MAT THEY ARE SELLING IN THEIR DEALERSHIP! MITSUBISHI DID NOT EVEN MENTION IN ITS OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION REPORT WHY THE AIRBAGS IN MY DAD'S MONTERO DID NOT DEPLOY DURING THE ACCIDENT. MY DAD REJECTED MITSUBISHI'S OFFICIAL REPORT BUT HE ACCEPTED THE OFFER FROM MITSUBISHI TO BUY BACK HIS MONTERO AT 80% OF ORIGINAL COST. MITSUBISHI WILL NOT COVER THE DAMAGE TO THE MERCEDES BENZ BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT THE ACCIDENT WAS NOT THE FAULT OF THE MONTERO. *TR
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Other / unspecified
Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above.
From owner reports, verbatim
AT ABOUT 6PM ON DECEMBER 16, 2010 MY DAD WAS PARALLEL PARKING ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD OUTSIDE OUR HOUSE, WHEN HIS NOVEMBER 2009 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT (4X2 AUTOMATIC WHICH JUST HAD ITS 5000 KM SERVICE) SUDDENLY ACCELERATED FORWARD WITH VERY HIGH ENGINE REVOLUTION (VERY LOUD) AND COLLIDED WITH A MERCEDES BENZ E230 PARKED JUST 6 METERS AWAY ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD (THE IMPACT WAS SO STRONG THAT THE E230 MOVED ABOUT 3 METERS AS EVIDENCED BY THE TIRE SKID MARKS)! THIS HAPPENED EVEN WHEN MY DAD WAS STEPPING HARD ON THE BRAKES! AFTER COLLIDING WITH THE MERCEDES, THE MONTERO DID NOT STOP BUT CONTINUED FORWARD AT HIGH SPEED (STILL MY FATHER WAS STEPPING HARD ON THE BRAKES!). MY FATHER SAW A PASSING TOYOTA REVO INFRONT OF HIM AND A TRICYCLE INFRONT OF THE REVO. SO HE DECIDED TO HIT AN ELECTRIC POST (68 METERS AWAY FROM OUR HOUSE) TO STOP THE MONTERO! FORTUNATELY, HE MISSED THE ELECTRIC POST BY HALF A METER AND INSTEAD SIDE SWIPED OUR NEIGHBOR'S WALL AND THEN COLLIDED WITH A PALM TREE. AFTER HITTING THE TREE, MY FATHER SAID THAT THE MONTERO STILL JERKED FORWARD A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE STOPPING. AFTER COLLIDING WITH THE MERCEDES BENZ, SIDE SWIPING A WALL, AND HITTING A TREE, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY! IT WAS ONLY VERY FORTUNATE THAT MY FATHER SHIFTED HIS BODY TO THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SO HIS HEAD DID NOT HIT THE WINDSHIELD. MITSUBISHI BLAMED THE FLOOR MAT IN ITS OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION REPORT! THE SAME TYPE OF FLOOR MAT THEY ARE SELLING IN THEIR DEALERSHIP! MITSUBISHI DID NOT EVEN MENTION IN ITS OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION REPORT WHY THE AIRBAGS IN MY DAD'S MONTERO DID NOT DEPLOY DURING THE ACCIDENT. MY DAD REJECTED MITSUBISHI'S OFFICIAL REPORT BUT HE ACCEPTED THE OFFER FROM MITSUBISHI TO BUY BACK HIS MONTERO AT 80% OF ORIGINAL COST. MITSUBISHI WILL NOT COVER THE DAMAGE TO THE MERCEDES BENZ BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT THE ACCIDENT WAS NOT THE FAULT OF THE MONTERO. *TR
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
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