MITSUBISHI MONTERO 1998 : Problems

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Rear Suspension

ODI ID: 852304 NHTSA Complaint ID: 209506

Make: Mitsubishi Model: 1998 MONTERO 98

Component/Parts: Rear Suspension

Failure Date: NA Complaint Date: November 29, 1999

City/State: ROSLYN, PA (Pennsylvania)
Crash: No Fire: No Injured: 0 Deaths: 0

Complaint Description: while making a right or left consumer would hear noise for the front of the vehicle. dealer has been contacted. please at purchase, a slight churp was noticed, front right. it was checked, but not corrected. afterwards, noise increased steadily. a front right brake was fixed, but continued to rattle. sway bar/ bushings were repaired. also steering became loose. however, churping continued. diagnosis by a localmechanic claimed that churping and rattling was due to a defective sway bar link and peeling top bushing. but mitshibishi dealers disagreed with the diagnosis, and persuaded consumer to leave vehicle as it is. *ak .