general problems of the 2001 Mitsubishi Montero

Randomly the factory alarm goes off throughout the day with the horn blaring. After a while, the alarm drains the battery, even if it resets. Fuses have been changed, relays, and a reset by disconnecting the battery- to no avail.

The horn stays on. Had to unplug it. It is part of the air bag in the steering wheel.

The horn randomly sounds off during the night. I've discovered its a temperature thing. When its cold or the interior cools down the horns starts to blow, but when warm everything is fine. So mostly at night this occurs. This should be a recall! as the connection ring inside the airbag is clearly faulty. The only fix is to replace the air bag or pull the fuse to the horn. How is this safe? I juts bought this car and found the horn didn't work. There was no fuse! so I replaced it and that's when the problems occurred. Clearly the fuse was missing for this very reason.

I have had an issue with my truck because the horn quit working several years ago. I was told by the dealer multiple times that the airbag has a metal ring inside of it that makes contact to activate the horn when pressed. They claimed the ring has either deteriorated or broken internally and that is why the horn doesn't work and is a very common issue for years with these trucks. Based on the current recalls I am wondering if that also effects the airbags and if they will work properly or if there could be metal shards in there that when deployed could pose a safety issue.

Roll over accident in 2001 Montero ltd. At 65 mph the truck was rolled over 2. 5 times and ended up resting on the passenger side. Of the four airbags available, not one deployed. The drivers side rear passenger exterior door skin, passenger side front interior and exterior door skins were completely removed. The roof was resting on the steering wheel. Passenger side windshield pillar separated at body. Drivers side headrest bent at 90-degree angle towards hood. Pictures available upon request.