2000 Mitsubishi Montero

THE VEHICLE WAS SOLD WITH INADEQUATE REAR COIL SUSPENSION RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE "BOTTOMING OUT" WITH REAR PASSENGERS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPRESENTED TO BE ABLE TO TOW 5000#. BUT DUE TO THE IMPROPER SUSPENSION, TOWING ANYTHING IS DANGEROUS AS A RESULT OF THE INABILITY OF THE SUSPENSION TO ACCOMMODATE MINIMAL TONGUE WEIGHT. SUPPOSED REPAIR DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. A CUSHION WAS INSTALLED RATHER THAN INCREASING THE COIL STRENGTH OR OTHERWISE "REPAIRING" THE PROBLEM. THE CUSHION MERELY ATTEMPTS TO "MASK" THE INADEQUATE SUSPENSION AND DOES NOT RESOLVE ANYTHING.

WHILE DRIVING HEARD NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE. THEN, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, THEY FOUND ENGINE BLOCK WAS CRACKED. ALSO, DISCOVERED THAT HEATER CORE SEPARATED. TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER FOR TWO OTHER PROBLEMS.*AK THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE CONSUMER WITHOUT PROPERLY REPAIRING. WHILE DRIVING, THE CRANK SHAFT FELL OFF AND THE CONUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *YH

TOOK MY TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALER ON 2/22/01 FOR ENGINE LIGHT THAT CAME ON. THEY REPLACED A LEAKY FUEL CAP AND ENGINE LIGHT WENT OFF. TOLD THEM WHEN I CALL FOR SERVICE ABOUT THE 2ND -3RD SHIFT THAT WAS SLIPPING IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE COULD NOT FIND WHAT I WAS SPEAKING OF THE FIRST TIME. THE SECOND TIME I TOOK IT BACK FOR THE SAME REASON THEY THEN SAID THAT MITSUBISHI HAD A LETTER STATING THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE 2ND - 3RD SHIFT. THE CALLED THE TECH LINE AND NO ONE NEW WHAT TO DO WITH THE VEHICLE. THEY IN TURN WANTED ME TO PAY FOR A TRANNY FLUSH, I REFUSED TELLING THEM I HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED BY A MECHANIC FRIEND THAT THIS IS NOT THE PROBLEM, SO I DID NOT HAVE THAT DONE. TO BOOT THEY WANTED ME TO PAY FOR THIS (80.00).!! WHEN I CALLED AGAIN ABOUT MY VECHICLE DOING THE SAME THING I TOLD THEM I DID NOT FEEL THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE DRIVING A DAMAGED TRANSMISSION WAS NOT GOOD, THE TOLD ME THAT I WAS IN NO DANGER. THE THIRD TIME, THEY INSTRUCTED ME MITSUBISHI COULD DO NOTHING ELSE TO HELP ME AND I HAD TO PICK UP THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY. SO NOW I AM DRIVING A POSSIBLE DAMAGED TRANSMISSION AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE WILL HAPPEN. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST AND INVESTIGATION INTO THIS, THE MECHANIC AT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME OTHER VEHICLES(MONTERO'S) HAVE BEEN DOING THE SAME THING AS WELL NOT JUST MINE. I BELIEVE THIS IS MITSUBISHI'S RESPONSIBLITY TO FIX THIS EVEN IF IT MEANS A NEW TRANSMISSION!! IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TALK FURTHER ON THIS PROBLEM PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME AT THE GIVEN NUMBERS. THANKS AND HAVE A GREAT DAY. --- CONCERNED CONSUMER

IN FEBRUARY, 2000, I HAD PULLED UP UNDERNEATH MY HOME. THE CAR WAS IN PARK WHEN THE MOTOR EXCELLED. I THOUGHT SOMETHING MUST BE WRONG WITH THE TIMING. I TURNED OFF THE CAR. I DIDN'T THINK ANY MORE ABOUT IT UNTIL 9-20-2000 WHEN THE ENGINE DID IT AGAIN. I WAS PICKING MY CHILD UP FROM FOOTBALL PRACTICE I PULLED INTO A PARKING PLACE. THE SPACES ARE CLOSE TOGETHER AND YOU GO INTO THE PARKING AREA WITH YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE. I HAD PULLED STRAIGHT UP IN THE SPACE AND WAS GETTING READY TO PUT IT IN PARK WHEN THE MOTOR EXCELLED AGAIN. I BRAKED AS HARD AS I COULD BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP. I DID NOT HAVE MY FOOT ON THE GAS AS MITSUBISHI HAS SUGGESTED I MIGHT HAVE DONE. I RAN OVER A METAL FENCE. I WAS HEADED TOWARD A BLEACHER WHEN I DID A 90 DEGREE TURN AND HEADED DOWN A PATH. THE ONLY THING THAT WAS WORKING WAS THE STEERING. I HEARD A CLICK AND THE MOTOR DIED DOWN AND I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE CAR. I HAVE A NUMBER OF WITNESSES WHO SAW ME PULL IN. I HAVE A VERY GOOD DRIVING RECORD AND I AM 49 YEARS OLD. BY THE POLICE SUGGESTIONS I HAD THE VECHILDE TOWED TO A TOWING PLACE UNTIL I COULD CONTACT MY INSURANCE COMPANY. I CONTACTED LIBERTY MUTUAL. I ASKED THEM TO HAVE THE CAR INSPECTED BEFORE THEY TOWED IT TO MITSUBISHI DEALERSHIP IN CHARLESTON.THEY WERE ON AN OFF ABOUT THIS FOR SEVERAL DAYS THEN THEY SAID IT HAD TO GO TO THE DEALERSHIP, THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE A PLACE THAT COULD CHECK IT OUT. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY WENT OVER IT. I WAS TOLD BY THE MANAGER IT COULD BE MANY THINGS BUT WHEN THEY CHECKED IT OUT, EVERYTHING WAS OKAY. THE MANGER SAID IT COULD BE AIR FLOW FROM THE COMPUTER THAT IS SHOT INTO DIFFFERENT SYSYTEMS, BUT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE. LIBERTY MUTUAL THEN SENT SOMEONE OUT. WHY THEY DIDN'T DO THIS BEFORE, I DON'T KNOW. THEIR ENGINEER LOOKED OVER EVERYTHING WITH MITSUBISHI AND GUESS WHAT NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT. WRONG! 7 MONTHS BETWEEN THE INCIDENCES. WHEN WILL BE THE NEXT TIME??? MITSUBISHI SAYS I HAVE TO TAKE A LEASED CAR BAC