MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT 2001 : Problems

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Gas Engine,Automatic Transmission

ODI ID: 759527 NHTSA Complaint ID: 345227,345228

Make: Mitsubishi Model: 2001 MONTERO SPORT 01

Component/Parts: Gas Engine,Automatic Transmission

Failure Date: March 18, 2002 Complaint Date: March 19, 2002

City/State: SNELLVILLE, GA (Georgia)
Crash: NA Fire: No Injured: 0 Deaths: 0

Complaint Description: i'd noticed previously my car would shake as if it was going to fall dead, but wouldn't or there would be a thump like someone had hit me and the car would move slightly. this would only happen when the car was stationary at a light/stop sign or if i was waiting to make a turn. on yesterday, after taking my car in for scheduled maintenance and having that maintenance completed, i left the dealership. on my way home, i was waiting to turn into a parking lot car shook as if it were about to fall dead ,then lunged forward. i called the dealership to alert them and advised them that the incident frightened me. i was told by the service advisor that another woman with the same type of car had reported a similar incident and had to bring her car in and that they had to replace her engine. i was told at this time, they belied it might be the torque converter. i drove the car back to the dealership and was told they would keep the car, and a technician would drive it to see if the same thing occurred. i called today 3/19/01 and was told by gary, that the technician drove the car for 1 hour and nothing happened. then out of the blue , the same thing i described had occurred. i was told he had a call into the engineering line and they were waiting to hear back. i advised gary i did not want that car back until i was comfortable this would not happen again. he said a tsb had been issued on this situation, but when i checked the website, i was unable to find it. i located only recall info. on the hydraulic brake system. *ak .