How many miles is your Montero?What year?How reliable?Pls share your opinions, i am just curious.

 

I just bought a used 2003 mitsubishi montero Limited with 186k miles. It had 1 owner and he had it service regularly. It runs amazingly. I would pick 03-06 Montero's over any otger car. I am not a fan of the Montero sports. Too cramped and too many issues to deal with. Plus the rollover issie that consumer reports brought to light.

 

Have a 1990 Montero with 265,000 on it still running good.

 

yea that is high for an 03, but biased much on saying you would pick 03-06 monteros over any other car?

what is wrong with the 01-02?

 

Not biased. I based my opinion on the research that I have done. This I why I decided to buy the 2003-06 Montero . 2001-02 models dont have the stability control system and the three point seat belt for added safety. The 01-02 has the 3.5L engine but for just a slight bit more money I went for the 03-06 model(3.8l 215hp) which gives me more power.

I looked around the net and noticed way more 01-02 used montero's than there were the 2003-2006 Monteros. I wonder why? But by far I saw way more Montero sports looking to be sold than full sized montero's.

 

Umm, the consumer report was about your new Montero not the Sport ver

Consumer Reports: Montero Unsafe - AutoTrader.com

 

It was the Montero Sport that Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes was riding in that rolled over and killed her. I heard of no deaths from a 2003-06 Montero rollover. It was that incident that pretty much sealed Mitsubishi Motors fate and why now the stock is trading @ about $1 per share.

By the way, that linked article is for the 2001 Montero. Not the 2003-2006 full size Montero's

 

My point is that the consumer report article is on the Montero, which you own, not the montero sport. The fact is both are prone to rollovers and received poor rollover scores which is more likely why neither are sold stateside any more.

 

I dont own an 2001 montero, I own a 2003. That article says nothing and has nothing to do with 2003 -2006 3.8L Montero's.

 

Dude you are seriously drinking too much kool aid. ALL MONTEROS are prone to roll overs. THe only reason I've chimed in is because you said that your not a fan of montero sports because there cramped and prone to roll over "issies" brought to light by consumer reports. You are in fact incorrect as the report is on Monteros not the Sports. The report came out after testing the 2001 model that's why they are referencing the 2001 model. Pull up the NHTSA safety ratings on any year of montero or montero sport and see how well they rank for roll overs.