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2002 Mitsubishi Montero service brakes problems

21 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes on the 2002 Mitsubishi Montero19% of all complaints for this model year.

21
Service Brakes complaints
19%
share of all complaints
126,000 mi
median reported mileage
2 / 1
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • I was driving down the highway, without any prior indication the brake light, and break alarm came on and my breaks went out. All at the same.

    filed Mar 6, 2022

  • A/l brake light goes off everytime brake pedals is applied accompanied with an abnormal noise from the dash. There is a nhtsa campaign #01v254002 about a brake booster accumulator defect. I took it to the dealer for possible recall fix but got denied since its not part of their recall campaign…

    filed Jun 29, 2018

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Related recalls

Service Brakes problems in other Montero years

YearReportsShare
2003 Montero513%
2001 Montero1710%
Montero service brakes problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.