1994 Mitsubishi Montero problems
Owners have filed 35 complaints with NHTSA about the 1994 Mitsubishi Montero. Engine is the most reported problem area, at 40% of complaints. After that come brakes (20%) and lighting (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 35 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 40% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 2
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 3 complaints mention a crash; 3 injuries reported; 2 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 91% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1994 ranks 10th most-complained-about out of 11 model years of the Mitsubishi Montero with enough data (8 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
A 12 year old boy was killed when his cargo seat in a mitsubishi montero detached and catapulted him out the side window in a rollover accident. He was wearing his seat belt, but with this particular seat design the belts are all attached to the seat, rather than the floor, giving the occupant no restraint when the seat comes detached from the floor.
Tl*the contact owned a 1994 mitsubishi montero. The contact stated that when she stopped at a red light a vehicle crashed into the rear end her vehicle. The crash caused her to crash into a vehicle in front of her. The vehicle was destroyed. The air bags did not deploy. The contact hit her head but was unable to give specific details regarding the head injury. The contact was taken to the hospital for a broken ankle, head trauma and was also placed in intensive care due to the head trauma.
The crankshaft pulley bolt broke on the 94 montero sr and I lost power steering assist. Thus, the car was extremely hard to steer and a life threatening condition was encountered. The recall sr-01-002 does not cover this model engine even though the part used is the same throughout those years.
I was driving along, when my airconditioning and power steering went out. Believing it was a belt, I looked under the hood to find out that my crankshaft bolt had broken causing my keyway and harmonic balancer to fall off. I called the local mitsubishi dealer to locate the parts, and they notified me that the crankshaft bolt was defective and a NHTSA recall was in place on it. They then told me that the bolt would be replaced as well as any subsequent damage caused by the breaking of the bolt.