Ownership Cost for 1998 Mitsubishi Montero Sport LS
Estimated: $35436 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $984 | $472 | $413 | $374 | $335 | $2578 |
| Insurance | $1451 | $1502 | $1554 | $1609 | $1665 | $7781 |
| Fuel | $1902 | $1960 | $2028 | $2109 | $2204 | $10203 |
| Maintenance | $2763 | $1913 | $836 | $269 | $2291 | $8072 |
| Repairs | $977 | $1138 | $1298 | $1417 | $1627 | $6457 |
| Taxes & Fees | $232 | $232 | $232 | $232 | $232 | $344 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $8310 | $7012 | $6163 | $5799 | $8152 | $35436 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2000 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE CONTACT REAR ENDED THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS CRUSHED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN, BUT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BACK INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. THE CHILD IN THE BACK SEAT WAS UNINJURED. THE CONTACT HAS PICTURES OF THE CRASH AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE HAD NEVER BEEN ANY MAINTENANCE OR REPAIR PERFORMED ON THE AIR BAGS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 152,000. |
| 1998 | STEERING:LINKAGES | DURING MY DRIVE TO WORK AT ESM MARKETING, I WAS DRIVING ON I95 IN BROWARD COUNTY FLORIDA, AND GOT OFF ON CYPRESS CREEK ROAD AND I WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN AND WHEN I TURNED MY STEERING WHEEL, THE WHEELS DID NOT MOVE. THE FRONT END OF THE STEERING LEFT ME UNBLE TO CONTROL OR MANIPULATE MY VEHICLE. I LANDED ON A MEDIAN STRIP, MAGICALLY BACK OUT OF THE MEDIAN AND MADE MY WAY TO A SHELL GAS STATION. I HAD THE GENTLEMEN LOOK AT THE CAR AND HE STATED TO ME THAT "YOU MUST HAVE A GUARDIAN ANGEL CAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU SUVIVED THE STOP". I HAD MY MECHANIC COME TO MY CAR AND REPAIR THIS DAMAGE AND HE STATED THAT SAME THING. " IN ALL THE 16 YEARS AS A MECHANIC HE NEVER SAY ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. HE REPAIR THE FRONT END. APPARENTLY, THE MITSUBISHI FRONT END STREERING WHEEL PART WHERE THE PART TWISTED INTO THE SLEEVE OF THE FRONT END WAS STRIPPED. MY MECHANIC REPAIR THIS DAMAGE AND FIRST CHOICE IS THE MECHANIC THAT CAME TO MY RESCUE. MY MECHANIC REPAIRED THE DAMAGE AND TOLD ME THAT THE PART NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND THAT I SHOULD GET A REIMBURSEMENT ON THE INCIDENT. *AK |
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