Consumer Complaint Detail

MITSUBISHI / MONTERO / 2001

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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003283232 Incident Date: Mar, 09 2003
Consumer's City: WOODSTOCK Consumer's State: GA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Model Name: MONTERO Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:power assist:hydraulic
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JA4MW31R31J Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 07 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Sep, 30 2001
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Defective hydraulic brake booster accumulator (nhtsa id#01v254001) on my 2001 montero caused my brakes to fail while stopping at an intersection which resulted with me rear ending another vehicle! this happened over 1 year ago and the defective part has been making a terrible sound while braking for over 2 years. everytime i performed maintenance on my vehicle. no one could confirm what was causing this noise. i just found out today (06/08/2004) what the part is and that it's known to fail, causing crashes what happened on 03/10/2003. i was cited for "failure to yield, but contested that my brakes failed at the point of avoiding the car in front of me. i had the vehicle checked several times and no one knew what was wrong with the vehicle? the brakes would continue to fail if i came to a fast stop and i have been driving the vehicle very carefully since this accident. luckily i came accross the nhtsa website and discovered that i had a defective part!!! accident caused my vehicle $1,700.00 in damages and the other vehicle damage. also (not sure $ / covered by insurance) how do i go about filing a claim for my vehicles damage of $1,700.00 and getting this part exchanged??? the mitsubishi dealer i purchased my 2001 montero from went out of business years ago. *ak