On 9/4/2017 at approximately 615am the vehicle was parked in the garage. 10 minutes later our puppy was barking at the door leading to garage. Husband went to see why and saw smoke coming from the door. He opened the door and the garage was filled with black smoke and there was a fire on the underside of the vehicle. Consequently this LED to my entire home burning down.
Mitsubishi Montero fire or smoke problems
13 of the 762 owner complaints about the Mitsubishi Montero describe fire, smoke or burning smell, most of them for the 1995 model year.
- owner complaints
- 13
- worst model year
- 1995
- typical mileage
- 88,000
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
- 20031
- 20021
- 20012
- 20001
- 19992
- 19972
- 19952
- 19911
- 19901
Often reported together
What owners say
The vehicle was parked and idling. I was in the driver's seat when a fire broke out and the flames caused me severe burns to my body. I was nearly asphyxiated. The car was a total loss.
2000 mitsubishi montero rear passenger side window button caught fire.
1990 mitusbishi montero started to smoke. Consumer pulled over to shoulder and vehicle became engulfed in flames. *njohio traffic crash report # 10-0206-89.
Dt: the contact stated that while driving on an incline the gear shift indicator moved from drive to neutral. The vehicle would not move forward, so he pulled over. Upon stopping the check engine light came on. There was smoke coming from under the hood, but no fire. He walked away from the vehicle and called 911 and a towing service. When the tow truck arrived he discovered a lot of oil underneath the vehicle and suspected this was from the transmission. The vehicle was towed to a dealer, who noted that the transmission line disconnected from the vehicle. There was no explanation as to why this occurred. The dealer installed new lamps, refilled fluid to proper levels, and cleared the code. The transmission line was also replaced with a new one. No further problems since the repair.
Dt: the caller said smoke came out of tail pipe when vehicle first accelerated. He had to put oil in the vehicle more often than normal. Dealer told him vehicle idled too slowly, and that oil was getting on the valves, causing the smoke. He was told the guides were dropping too low, and that was letting the oil leak onto the valves. Dealer and manufacturer offered no help for free.
Previously reported similar problem in nov. 2004 (reference no. 10101312) fuel leakage, acceleration/power loss at critical times of highway travel. Suv is now parked due fueling system problems and unreliability. Suv was repaired at fazeli misubishi 11/2004. Even after know recall (purported) correctly vehicle experienced same problem. Suv failed again while on family vacation, loss of acceleration and power began to occur, engine began to cough and sputter (even with a full tank of gas), gas gauge and digital fuel mileage indicator malfunctioned. Suv was eventually parked at a location, while parked fuel apparently had leaked from the fuel tank or other compartment... Fire erupted while we were parked on side of (hwy 10- alabama) I was attempting to light a flare to indicate to passing motorist that we were stranded in the road. Destroyed by the flames were clothing, lap top computer, medication, children toys and electronic games, and religious effects.
1999 montero blew up and caught fire causing 2nd degree burns mitsh refuses to relaease recall or specificatins to me wont call me back or respond to letters it has been 4 months since 1st contact they did open a case file but then refuses to contact me.
While sitting in traffic, passenger (wife) moved her window visor, a flame shot out towards her face coming from upper right corner of window visor, where wire for vanity mirror had chaffed over time, due to a plastic covering edge to hide wire.*ak flame was 4-5 inches long, 1 inch thick and flamed for 6-8 seconds, then large amounts of thick grey smoke came from area. Wire for vanity mirror had chaffed away the wiring cover and was touching the metal rod used to hold up visor. Fuse did not blow. This could have easily caught fire inside my headliner, behind dash, etc.
Vehicle was at a complete stop, consumer noticed smoke coming from the engine. Consumer checked under the hood and notice a oil leak. Consumer had vehicle serviced by the dealership, who indicated that the porous head caused the engine leak. Please provide more details. Ts
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Mitsubishi Montero fire or smoke
Which Mitsubishi Montero years have fire, smoke or burning smell problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1995 (2 complaints), 1997 (2 complaints) and 1999 (2 complaints).
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