NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Mitsubishi Montero Recalls
The 2000 Mitsubishi Montero has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 23, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Mitsubishi Montero. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 51
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2000 Mitsubishi Montero, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2000 Mitsubishi Montero
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 20V035000
- Reported
- January 23, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 18,123
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- only the 2000 Mitsubishi Montero
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 04V428000
- Reported
- September 1, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 100,432
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004 Montero, 9 other models
2000 Mitsubishi Montero complaints by year
NHTSA has received 51 owner complaints about the 2000 Mitsubishi Montero, the newest on December 21, 2023. Of these, 8 describe a crash (16%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 8 injuries.
In complaints about the 2000 Mitsubishi Montero, the component group named most often is the service brakes, hydraulic (14%), followed by the structure (14%) and the electrical system (12%).
None of the 2000 Mitsubishi Montero's 2 recalls concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic7
- Structure7
- Electrical System6
- Suspension6
- Air Bags5
- Engine And Engine Cooling5
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 16 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 15 | |
| 2002 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 5 | |
| 2004 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Mitsubishi Montero peaked in 2000, when NHTSA received 16. 80% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
The 51 complaints about the 2000 Mitsubishi Montero are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mitsubishi Montero by model year
Other 2000 Mitsubishi models
Newest record on this page: December 21, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted