Consumer Complaint Detail
MITSUBISHI / MONTERO SPORT / 2000
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006076357 | Incident Date: Aug, 17 2006 |
| Consumer's City: EDMOND | Consumer's State: OK |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. |
| Model Name: MONTERO SPORT | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 22 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Mitsubishi montero sport, year 2000 - automatic transmission temperature light came on after driving ~ 200 miles at 70 mph. stopped after driving 20 more miles. smoke was coming from engine compartment near transmission. appears transmission fluid was venting and hitting hot engine. allowed car to cool down, as recommended in owners manual. then proceeded to auto mechanic who confirmed vehicle was shifting hard between 2 & 3rd gear and was not locking in the torque converter after going into overdrive. vehicle has ~ 118,000 miles at the time. same thing occurred back when vehicle only had ~ 30,000 miles and dealer did something at that time. i notice there are a number of complaints about this on nhtsa website. suggest mitsubishi should be required to rectify the problem at their expense. *jb |