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1987 Mitsubishi Montero Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jan 12, 2001
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
1
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Apr 14, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1987 Mitsubishi Montero. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–3 of 3

Seat belts
Filed Jan 12, 2001

DRIVER'S SIDE LAP BELT HAS FRAYED AND DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. PASSENGER'S BUCKLE BROKE, AND DOES NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. *AK

NHTSA ID
878126
Incident
Jan 10, 1998
Seat belts
Filed May 8, 1997

RECALL REPAIRS ON THE FRONT SEAT BELT RELEASE DELAYED DUE TO LACK OF PARTS.

NHTSA ID
517054
Seat belts
Filed Apr 14, 1995
Crash reported2 injuries reported

TAKATA SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN OCCUPANT DURING COLLISION; BROADSIDEDD ANOTHER VEHICLE; PASSENGER SEAT BELT RELEASED; OCCUPANT HIT WINDSHIED. TT

NHTSA ID
963788
Incident
Sep 5, 1994

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.

Data sources

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