One problem related to steering tie rod assembly has 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.
While leaving a parking lot. Lost steering capability. During troubleshooting found the drivers side outer tie rod had seperated from the adjust tube. Both lock nuts were tight and in the original positions and the adjust tube and inner tie rod were tight. Threads of the tie rod did not appear to be stripped but the adjust tube would not tighten to the outter tie rod lock nut. This is the first and only instance of this failure on this car. Dealer is replacing both drivers and passanger side inner tie rod, outer tie rod and adjust tube at my cost. My concern is the servarity of the failure. If this would have happened while on the highway it would have been a major accident with deaths or major injury occuring. Auto is 10 years old with approx 120000 miles. Manufacturer and dealer both indicated that this is a wear item but is not part of an inspection.