Mitsubishi Montero Sport no deployment problems

Filed Dec 11, 2019 · Airbags · 120,000 miles · SC · crash · 1 injury

Tl* the contact owned a 2000 mitsubishi montero sport. While driving 60 MPH, another vehicle rear ended the contact's vehicle. As a result, the contact crashed into two vehicles ahead of her while the brake pedal was engaged. The contact lost control of the vehicle as it rolled over and landed on its driver's side. The driver's and front passenger air bags failed to deploy. The contact suffered injuries to the left shoulder, hip, knee, back, face, back, and spine. Medical attention was received. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed and deemed destroyed. The manufacturer and dealer were not contacted. The cause of the failure was not determined. The approximate failure mileage was 120,000.*bf

Filed Feb 11, 2015 · Airbags · 240,000 miles · NC · crash · 1 injury

Tl*the contact owns a 2003 mitsubishi montero sport. The contact was driving at approximately 45 MPH while steering abruptly, the vehicle went off road and flipped over three times landing on its roof. The airbags failed to deploy. The driver sustained unknown injuries that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 240,000.

Filed May 19, 2013 · Airbags, Seat belts · 95,000 miles · TX · crash · 1 injury

In a front end crash, the airbags did not deploy and the seat belts did not work. The driver hit the steering wheel and was injured.

Filed Oct 10, 2011 · Airbags · 127,000 miles · ME · crash · 1 injury

Air bag failed to deploy when driver lost control of vehicle and drove into a small grove of trees. Car was totaled. Windshield collapsed, entering car cabin and hit driver. Driver was wearing his seat belt at the time of the incident. Driver incurred bump to head and bruised hip. Driver did not require medical transport. *tr

Filed Oct 4, 2011 · Acceleration, Airbags · AP · crash · 1 injury

At about 6pm on december 16, 2010 my dad was parallel parking along the side of the road outside our house, when his november 2009 mitsubishi montero sport (4x2 automatic which just had its 5000 km service) suddenly accelerated forward with very high engine revolution (very loud) and collided with a mercedes benz e230 parked just 6 meters away on the side of the road (the impact was so strong that the e230 moved about 3 meters as evidenced by the tire skid marks)! This happened even when my dad was stepping hard on the brakes! After colliding with the mercedes, the montero did not stop but continued forward at high speed (still my father was stepping hard on the brakes!). My father saw a passing toyota revo infront of him and a tricycle infront of the revo. So he decided to hit an electric post (68 meters away from our house) to stop the montero! Fortunately, he missed the electric post by half a meter and instead side swiped our neighbor's wall and then collided with a palm tree. After hitting the tree, my father said that the montero still jerked forward a couple of times before stopping. After colliding with the mercedes benz, side swiping a wall, and hitting a tree, the airbags did not deploy! It was only very fortunate that my father shifted his body to the front passenger side so his head did not hit the windshield. Mitsubishi blamed the floor mat in its official investigation report! The same type of floor mat they are selling in their dealership! Mitsubishi did not even mention in its official investigation report why the airbags in my dad's montero did not deploy during the accident. My dad rejected mitsubishi's official report but he accepted the offer from mitsubishi to buy back his montero at 80% of original cost. Mitsubishi will not cover the damage to the mercedes benz because they said that the accident was not the fault of the montero.

Filed Nov 29, 2010 · Airbags · 122,785 miles · MD · crash · 1 injury

Tl*the contact owns a 2002 mitsubishi montero sport. While the vehicle was stopped, another vehicle rear ended it and pushed it into three other vehicles. The front passenger air bag partially deployed but the driver side front air bag did not deploy at all. The contact sustained multiple injuries. A police report was filed. The current and failure mileages were 122,785.

Filed Apr 26, 2010 · Airbags · 127,871 miles · TX · crash · 1 injury

I was in an auto accident and hit a car in it's side. I was going approximately 30 MPH. The vehicle also rolled on it's left side after impact. I was the only front passenger. My airbag never deployed. My head ended up hitting the steering wheel.

Filed Nov 14, 2008 · Airbags · 152,000 miles · NM · crash · 1 injury

Tl*the contact owns a 2000 mitsubishi montero sport. While driving 25 MPH, the contact rear ended the preceding vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. The entire front end of the vehicle was crushed. The vehicle was able to be driven, but was towed to the dealer. The contact sustained back injuries and was transported to the hospital. The child in the back seat was uninjured. The contact has pictures of the crash and a police report was filed. There had never been any maintenance or repair performed on the air bags prior to the failure. The failure mileage was 152,000.

Filed Aug 23, 2008 · Airbags, Seat belts · 93,000 miles · NC · crash · 1 injury

I rear-ended an SUV going about 30-35 MPH and my airbags failed to deploy and my seatbelt failed to catch, throwing my upper body forward into the steering wheel. The police at the scene of the accident said they could not believe my airbags did not deploy with the amount of damage to the front end of my vehicle.

Filed Sep 13, 2007 · Airbags · 68,000 miles · TX · crash · 1 injury

Tl*the contact owns a 2002 mitsubishi montero sport. While driving 35 MPH, the contact's wife rear ended another vehicle. The front air bags failed to deploy. The seat belt did not retract and she lunged forward into the steering wheel. His wife sustained minor injuries to her arm, face, and chest. The vehicle sustained major front end damage. The dealer has not been notified. A police report was filed. The current and failure mileages were 68,000.