NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Mitsubishi Montero Recalls
The 2002 Mitsubishi Montero has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 1, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Mitsubishi Montero. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 111
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2002 Mitsubishi Montero, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2002 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 2000, 2004 Montero, 9 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: storage
- Campaign
- 04V319000
- Reported
- July 6, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 44,214
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2004 Montero
Service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: vacuum
- Campaign
- 01V254001
- Reported
- August 3, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 39,020
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2002 Mitsubishi Montero
2002 Mitsubishi Montero complaints by year
NHTSA has received 111 owner complaints about the 2002 Mitsubishi Montero, the newest on April 16, 2024. Of these, 9 describe a crash (8%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 8 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2002 Mitsubishi Montero, the component group named most often is the service brakes, hydraulic (41%), followed by the service brakes (19%) and the engine and engine cooling (7%).
1 of the 2002 Mitsubishi Montero's 3 recalls also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2002 Mitsubishi Montero owners gave the mileage (80 complaints), the median was 84,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic46
- Service Brakes21
- Engine And Engine Cooling8
- Air Bags7
- Electrical System7
- Power Train5
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 7 | |
| 2004 | 5 | |
| 2005 | 9 | |
| 2006 | 13 | |
| 2007 | 11 | |
| 2008 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 10 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Mitsubishi Montero peaked in 2006, when NHTSA received 13. 25% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
The 111 complaints about the 2002 Mitsubishi Montero are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mitsubishi Montero by model year
Other 2002 Mitsubishi models
Newest record on this page: April 16, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted