Consumer Complaint Detail

MITSUBISHI / MONTERO SPORT / 2002

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 005024497 Incident Date: May, 29 2005
Consumer's City: SOMERS Consumer's State: MT
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Model Name: MONTERO SPORT Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Visibility:windshield wiper/washer:linkages
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JA4MT41R82J Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 14 2005 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Dec, 21 2001
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Dt: the windshield wiper arm would stick on driver's side of the windshield, and then it would come back. this happened 5 or 6 times, then the windshield wiper arm got stuck over the windshield molding. when the consumer got out of vehicle to adjust the problem he noticed it was loose from the bolt mount. consumer then drove vehicle to a repair shop, and they took the wiper off, and found that the wiper had torn loose of the sheet metal mounting.*ak this failure occured while driving in the rain and caused complete loss of visibility. *nm