I have a 2002 Mitsibishi Montero Sport.I was driving home from work, and all the sudden i couldn't steer. I had no steering, Lost power to vehicle and battery light came on. Wasnt sure what happened, looked under the hood and noticed belts were off. Went and got new ones and noticed when trying to put the mew belts on the bolt on the crankshaft pulley was loose and the pin was broken making that pulley loose.I was lucky that I decided to take a street with less traffic otherwise I could of gotten into an accident.This should definitely be a RECALL.
Mitsubishi Montero Sport power steering loss problems
12 of the 348 owner complaints about the Mitsubishi Montero Sport describe loss of power steering, most of them for the 1997 model year.
- owner complaints
- 12
- worst model year
- 1997
- typical mileage
- 130,000
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
- 20021
- 20003
- 19991
- 19983
- 19974
Often reported together
What owners say
Vehicle lost power steering and stalled. Crankshaft pulley bolt fell out and harmonic balancer fell off.causing loss of control and life threatening situation.
Crankshaft pulley bolt came loose causing loss of steering. Had to steer very hard manually to park car. Dangerous situation.
While traveling on the new jersey turnpike, I-78, and other highways, the mitsubishi alternator intermittently failed, causing loss of power steering and other electrically control functions. What makes this notably is that it was the 5th alternator that failed and had to be replaced within 1-1/2 years. Each time while driving on highways between 55 and 65 MPH the alternator failed and sudden loss of vehicle steering control and operation, occurred with narrow escapes from serious accidents while navigating to safety.
While leaving a parking lot. Lost steering capability. During troubleshooting found the drivers side outer tie rod had separated from the adjust tube. Both lock nuts were tight and in the original positions and the adjust tube and inner tie rod were tight. Threads of the tie rod did not appear to be stripped but the adjust tube would not tighten to the outer tie rod lock nut. This is the first and only instance of this failure on this car. Dealer is replacing both drivers and passenger side inner tie rod, outer tie rod and adjust tube at my cost. My concern is the severity of the failure. If this would have happened while on the highway it would have been a major accident with deaths or major injury occurring. Auto is 10 years old with approx 120000 miles. Manufacturer and dealer both indicated that this is a wear item but is not part of an inspection.
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 mitsubishi montaro sport. While the contact was driving 55 MPH, there was a loud rattling noise coming from underneath the hood area with a sudden loss of power steering. The vehicle was driven to the side of the road; and the engine was turned off. The vehicle was inspected. The contact stated the crankshaft bolt was loose which was tightened. The vehicle resumed operation with caution. The vehicle was in the process of being taken to an authorize dealer. Also, there was a recall defect for the 1999 mitsubishi montaro sport that mentioned the identical failures as the 2000 model. The failure mileage was approximately 68,000.
On sat. 2/6/2010 while driving, I experienced loss of steering which scared me for a moment. After pulling over, I investigated what caused the problem, and found that my harmonic balancer had come loose. I got my vehicle back to the house, and parked it.
I own a 1997 mitsubishi montero sport ls. There was a recall for a crankshaft pulley bolt, the federal safety agency recall id: 00v311001. I took my vehicle to the mitsubishi dealer and they replaced the bolt. This was back in 2000. In february of 2008 I was driving, getting ready to get on the highway when I heard a grinding and then a loud noise from the engine, I lost power steering and quickly pulled over. Popped the hood of my vehicle and noticed that the crankshaft pulley had broken off. I towed it to my mechanic who stated that the crankshaft pulley bolt had broken. He gave me an estimate of $2400 to have the crankshaft replaced, or $3100 to put in a rebuilt engine. I called mitsubihsi and talked to s lady who was very rude, she would hardly let me say anything. She stated that there was nothing that they could do and to contact the dealership that had replaced the bolt. That dealership is no longer there, went out of business. Looking online I have found numerous complaints about this happening to people who own both the 97 and 98 models of montero sports, even after bringing their vehicles in for the recall. If this had occurred while I was traveling on the highway I could have been seriously injured as I lost all power steering. I feel that this is a serious safety issue, I know that mitsubishi issued a recall to fix this but their fix did not resolve the problem. I also feel that mitsubishi should pay for fixing my vehicle as it is related to the bolt breaking.
I was driving my 1998 montero sport and lost power steering in the middle of a major highway. My belts broke which I had to get a wrecker to tow my vehicle get it to a mechanic and he calls back with you have major problems. The reason the belts jumped off was the crank shaft pulley came loose and screwed the harmonic balance and other things up. I could have been killed or injured and I know this was a recall on the 1998's but I bought this vehicle used so I do not know if it was taken in for the recall and now my mechanic says sometimes repairing this does not always hold so he would not warranty my 800.00 of damage. He did say this was a problem with mitsubishi vehicles in the design and I was lucky it did not screw the motor up. Vehicles with this problem should not be allowed to be on the roads.
Dt: the contact stated that the crank shaft bolt came loose on the 2000 mitsubishi montero sport on 9-6-05. The crank shaft bolt broke the air conditioner belt. The contact lost power steering ability, the alternator belt broke and the harmonic balancer failed. In 1999 there was a recall on the crank bolt but this vehicle was not included in the recall. *ak
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The model years with the most reports are 1997 (4 complaints), 1998 (3 complaints) and 2000 (3 complaints).
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