2003 Mitsubishi Montero LTD 3.8 gasoline
Summary:
We love the car
Faults:
The alignment was off at delivery, and had to take it to dealer twice for adjustment. It's fine now.
There was a recall on a valve in the fuel tank. Dealer repaired no problems.
General Comments:
The truck rides very nicely on the highway, and has plenty of comfort and power for long rides/city driving.
It is amazing in the snow. 4x4 and the traction control work flawlessly.
The only negative is the poor gas mileage, but we knew that going into the purchase.
Dealer has outstanding customer service, and our sales rep was very professional.
I do all maintenance on my cars, since I can't stand paying someone else to do it, and having it potentially wrong. One think I don't like is that there are no service manuals available for the car. Mitsubishi was really smart in forcing consumers to the dealer or shops for service.
Overall, it's an awesome vehicle.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 24th April, 2005
25th Aug 2006, 12:25
Update to this review: We now have 40k on the truck and no problems except a burned out 4x4 indicator light (one of the lights for the rear wheel indicator burned out). This was replaced under warranty. We still love this truck.
I am not looking forward to the 60k maintenance - plugs and timing belt are expensive to have done. Other than these, I do all the maintenance - oil, filters, trans fluid, transfer case and diff cases etc...