Two problems related to engine and engine cooling have been reported for the 2000 Mitsubishi Montero Sport. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2000 Mitsubishi Montero Sport based on all problems reported for the 2000 Montero Sport.
My wife was driving are 00 mits Montero Sport, on the fwy she try to slow down to get out of the fwy. She was pressing on the brake but the car was not slowing down so she put the transmission to lower gears to make the SUV to slow down it help but not to get the SUV to stop. So she hit the car in-front. So after the car came to a stop after hitting the car the rpm were rubbing high so she put the car in park and turn the car off. So police came over because car was on the blocking the off-ram. When the tow truck driver show up and look under the hood he toll my wife that the throttle it was stock in the open position that what cause her not to be able to stop . . . . The officer toll my wife she was luck.
The contact owns a 2000 Mitsubishi Montero Sport. The contact stated when driving at speeds of 55 mph, the engine would vibrate excessively. The dealer made unknown repairs to the vehicle but did not address the contacts concerns with the engine vibration. The failure persisted. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where adjustments were made to the rotors. Following repairs, the vehicle would not operate. The failure mileage was 6,196 updated 06/08/10. With only a 157,000 miles on the vehicle, the consumer was informed the engine needed to be replaced after it finally broke down on the highway. Updated evoq 08/18/10.