NHTSA Complaint #10074815 — 1994 MITSUBISHI MONTERO

I WAS DRIVING MY MITSUBISHI MONTERO 3.5L DOHC WHILE TRYING TO JOIN FREEWAY ON RAMP WHILE ACCELERATING TO REACH 60 MILES AN HOUR TO KEEP IN PACE WITH HIGHWAY TRAFFIC. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE SPEEDOMETER STARTED TO DECLINE DESPITE ME STEPPING ON THE GAS. AT THE SAME TIME I LOST POWER STEERING AND I NEARLY DIED DUE TO A POSSIBLE HIGH SPEED ACCIDENT WHILE TRYING TO CORRECT THE SITUATION AND GET OFF THE ROAD AT ONCE. I MANAGED TO DRIVE THE CAR AT VERY LOW SPEED TO THE NEAREST MECHANIC, AND IT DIED RIGHT IN HIS FRONT YARD. UPON EXAMINING IT HE TOLD ME THE CRANK SHAFT BOLT BROKE AND THATS WHY I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I ALSO CHECKED OUT IN THE INTERNET AT THIS SPECIFIC SITE: WWW.MITSUBISHISUCKS.COM/CARS/COMPLAINTS/USA/MODELS/MONTERO/1994.HTML. *AK I DISCOVERED THAT MITSUBISHI MONTERO RANGING FROM THE LATE 80S TO AS LATE AS 2002 ALL HAVE THIS COMMON DEFECT AND NOT ALL OF THEM ARE COVERED BY MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY DUE TO VIN OF THE VEHICLE. I WOULD LIKE TO PUT IT TO MITSUBISHI THAT IF THEY CANNOT PUT SAFE CARS ON THE ROAD THEN THEY BETTER WIND UP AND LET TOYOTA RUN THE SHOW . IF YOU GO TO EVERY DEALER IT IS THE SAME SONG :WE CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM DO THEY THINK IM LYING IN THE FIRST PLACE? MY EXPERIENCE HAS TAUGHT ME AFTER GOING THROUGH 2 MONTEROS THAT THEY ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS AND UNSAFE CARS ON THE ROAD AND ANY OTHER DRIVER SHOULD WATCH OUT JUST INCASE ONE GOES NUTS AND LOSES STEERING CAPABILITY. I HAVE BEGUN KEEPING AN EYE ON THEM ESPECIALLY AT HIGH SPEED CRUISING. THIS IS THE LAST OF MONTERO THAT I WILL EVER BUY IN MY LIFE TIME SINCE I DONT WONNA DIE QUICK DUE TO STRUCTURAL FAILURES. MY FAMILY WHO ARE MONTERO FANS HAVE PUT THEM UP FOR SALE AND OVE ON TO OTHER BETTER MODELS AT LEAST WITH MINIMUM ENGINE FAILURES COZ THE COST OF PUTTING MY MONTERO BACK ON THE ROAD IS LIKE $5000 AND I BOUGHT IT AT $10,000. LOOKING AT THE MATH IT MAKES SENSE TO INVEST ON A NEW CAR FOR THAT AMOUNT. ARRRGH. DRIVE A MONTERO AT YOUR OWN RISK&FORE WARNED IS FOR ARMED !*AK