Vehicle profile
1997 Mitsubishi Montero
SUV · Special Purpose Vehicles
Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Horsepower
- 173 hp
- Cylinders
- 6-cyl
- Displacement
- 3L
- Fuel
- Gasoline
- Transmission
- Automatic 4-spd
- Drive
- AWD
- Body class
- Special Purpose Vehicles
- Doors
- 5
Federal recall campaigns
2 federal recall campaigns.
How this compares
- vs 1997 Special Purpose Vehicles
- 0.47× the 4.28 campaigns averaged across that group (fewer than typical)
- Most-affected system
- SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC — 1 of 2 (50%)
Derived from the federal campaign record across 1997 vehicles in the same body class. Counts are of campaigns, not of faults found.
98V220000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGSVEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. THE FRONT BRAKE LINES CAN DEVELOP PIN HOLES DUE TO CHAFFING AGAINST THE EDGE OF THE PASS-THROUGH HOLE IN THE INNER FENDER.
Consequence: BRAKE FLUID CAN LEAK RESULTING IN DETERIORATED BRAKING PERFORMANCE AND ILLUMINATION OF THE BRAKE INDICATOR LAMP.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE FRONT BRAKE LINES FOR SIGNS OF WEAR AND ROUTING. IF THE LINES ARE NOT CORRECTLY CENTERED IN THE PASS-THROUGH HOLE, THE LINES WILL BE REPOSITIONED BY BENDING SLIGHTLY TO CORRECT. IF THERE IS EVIDENCE OF BRAKE LINE WEAR, THE BRAKE LINE WILL BE REPLACED.
09/09/1998
98V205000
UNKNOWN OR OTHERVEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH ACCESSORY CARGO MATS IN THE THIRD-SEAT AND CARGO AREA. THIS CARGO MAT INTERFERES WITH THE LATCHING INTEGRITY OF THE FOLDING THIRD SEATS.
Consequence: IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, AN OCCUPANT OF THE THIRD SEAT MAY NOT BE PROPERLY RESTRAINED AND COULD BE EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE THIRD-SEAT LATCH AND STRIKER. A RECTANGLE WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CARGO MAT AROUND EACH STRIKER TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE STRIKER CLEARANCE AND PROPER LATCHING.
02/09/1998
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"year": 1997,
"make": "Mitsubishi",
"model": "Montero",
"trim": "Montero",
"submodel": "SUV",
"horsepower": 173,
"cylinders": 6,
"displacement_l": 3,
"transmission": "Automatic 4-spd",
"drive_type": "AWD",
"fuel_type": "Gasoline",
"body_class": "Special Purpose Vehicles",
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"image_type": "illustration",
"recall_count": 2
}Compare
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