2000 Mitsubishi Montero Sport

AFTER CHANGING THE TIRE AND THEN REPLACING THE SPARE FOR THE FIXED TIRE, THE WHEEL LUG NUT ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE BROKE OFF. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED. THE WHEEL SCREWS ARE ALSO ALL RUSTED AND THE LUG NUTS HAVE A TENDENCY TO GET BENT WHEN TRYING TO REMOVE THEM. THE LAST TIME I HAD TO PAY FOR THE SCREW REPLACEMENT. I WILL GO TO THE DEALER TOMORROW TO DISCUSS THE SECOND INCIDENT. THE LUG NUTS APPEAR TO BE MADE OF ALUMINUM OR OTHER SOFT METAL AND EASILY BEND. ALL THE WHEEL SCREWS HAVE RUSTED.

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CRANK SHAFT BOLT CAME LOOSE ON THE 2000 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT ON 9-6-05. THE CRANK SHAFT BOLT BROKE THE AIR CONDITIONER BELT. THE CONTACT LOST POWER STEERING ABILITY, THE ALTERNATOR BELT BROKE AND THE HARMONIC BALANCER FAILED. IN 1999 THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE CRANK BOLT BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *AK *MR

INITIALLY THERE WAS A RATTLING SOUND WHEN THE GEAR SELECTOR WAS PUSHED A CERTAIN WAY. THE MITSUBISHI TECH'S WOULD NOT EVEN LOOK AT THE PROBLEM TILL I FIGURED OUT HOW TO REPRODUCE THE NOISE FOR THEM. THEN ON LONG TRIPS THE A/T LAMP WOULD COME ON. I WOULD PULL OVER AND LET THE ENGINE COOL THE PROCEED UNTIL THE NEXT A/T INCIDENT. SOME OF THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY THE TRANSMISSION HAVING BOLT HEADS RATTLING AROUND INSIDE THE TRANS HOUSING. OTHER PROBLEMS WERE CAUSED BY POROSITY OF THE TRANS BELL HOUSING LEAKING TRANS FLUID. MITSUBISHI 'FIXED' THE LEAKS AND BOLTS RATTLING AROUND INSIDE THE TRANS, BUT NOW ON TRIPS OF 100 MILES OR SO WHEN YOU ACCELERATE FROM A STOP DURING THE REV UP TO SHIFTING AROUND THE 2ND TO 3RD GEAR SHIFT THE TACH WILL INDICATE A HIGH REV THEN FALL BACK WHEN THE SHIFT IS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE TRANS. THE VEHICLE WILL 'BUCK' IN RESPONSE TO THIS SHIFTING ANOMALY. THIS EFFECT WILL NOT HAPPEN UNLESS THE ENGINE HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR AN HOUR OR SO. I NOW NO LONG TAKE THIS VEHICLE ON LONG TRIPS UNLESS COMPELLED TO DO SO. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE "N" LIGHT ON THE GEAR SHIFT STARTED FLASHING. THIS INDICATES THAT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS OVERHEATING, AND THAT I SHOULD PULL OVER TO LET IT COOL PER THE OWNERS MANUAL AND A STICKER ON THE DRIVERS DOOR. *AK THIS IS INCONVENIENT AND HAS HAPPENED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS BEFORE...AT LEAST 20 TIMES. I HAVE GONE TO THE DEALER MANY TIMES TO HAVE THIS FIXED TO NO AVAIL. IF THE MFR. KNOWS THAT THE PROBLEM EXISTS, WHY CAN'T THE FIX IT?

MISTUBISHI MONTERO SPORT 2000- AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE LIGHT COMES ON WHEN THERE ARE MORE THAN 2 PERSONS IN THE VEHICLE, OR WHEN THERE IS CARGO IN THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING DISTANCES OVER 1 HOUR IN LENGTH. PULLING OVER AND STOPPING WOULD LET LIGHT GO OFF AFTER A/T TEMP COOLED DOWN. ALSO, WOULD LEAK A/T FLUID WHEN LIGHT COMES ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, THEY TOLD ME IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL AND THAT IN ORDER TO PREVENT A/T DAMAGE, I HAD TO HAVE A LARGER A/T FLUID PAN INSTALLED TO ALLOW FOR THE "OVERHEATING OF THE FLIUD", OR ELSE I WAS NOT TO TRAVEL WITH MORE THAN ONE OTHER PERSON OR CARGO IN MY VEHICLE OR IT WOULD DAMANGE THE TRANSMISSION. IT COST ME OVER $350 TO REPLACE THE A/T PAN. I TRUELY BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL, AS WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO REPLACE SOMETHING LIKE THIS IF IT WASN'T CORRECLTY INSTALLED/PUT TOGETHER IN THE FIRST PLACE!*AK

I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN MY 2000 MONTERO SPORT AND THE LACK OF ANSWERS THAT I HAVE RECEIVED IN THE PAST. IN ADDITION MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHEN I TOOK THE CAR IN I WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN FIXED. LATER THE SAME DAY IT CAME BACK ON, I RETURNED THE FOLLOWING DAY, AND WAS TOLD TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG I WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE THE CAR ONE COMPLETE DAY TO DETERMINE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS SINCE NOTHING APPEARED TO BE WRONG. I LEFT IT AND WHEN I PICKED IT UP I WAS TOLD THAT THE CARS COMPUTER WAS TRYING TO PLACE THE CAR IN 2 DIFFERENT GEARS AT THE SAME TIME AND THE PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED. A FEW DAYS LATER WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ON MY WAY TO WORK THE CAR SHUDDERED AND SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL ON ITS OWN AND REFUSED TO MOVE, SUBSEQUENTLY THE AIR-CONDITION STARTED BLOWING HOT AIR. WHEN I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO DRIVE IT REMAINED IN 1ST GEAR AND WOULD NOT SHIFT TO SECOND. AT THAT POINT I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON, I WAS TOLD THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION BUT THEY COULDNT DIAGNOSE WHAT EXACTLY WAS WRONG AND THE CAR WAS RETURNED TO ME. THE CAR WAS THEN TAKEN TO AAMCO TRANSMISSION TO FIND THE PROBLEM SINCE THE CAUSE COULD NOT BE FOUND AT THE DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD THE FOLLOWING OCCURRED OVER TIME AND IN THIS ORDER: TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED (CAUSING THE SHUDDERING AND JERKING WHEN GEARS WERE CHANGED), PUMP FAILED DUE TO CONVERTER PROBLEM, TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO PUMP FAILURE, BUSHINGS AND PLASTIC PARTS WERE WARPED DUE TO HIGH TEMPERATURE CAUSED BY PUMP FAILURE. CURRENTLY THEY ARE UNABLE TO LOCATE REPLACEMENT PARTS THAT WILL FIT MY CAR WHICH IS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING. THE REASON I AM WRITING THIS LETTER IS BECAUSE I HAVE SPENT OVER $3000 THIS YEAR ON MY CAR AND NOW I HAVE TO PURCHASE A TRANSMISSION, TORQUE CONVERTER, TRANSMISSION PUMP, AND AIR-CONDITION UNIT. I AM A STUDENT, I AM NOT RICH OR WELL OFF. *AK