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Engine And Engine Cooling
07/15/2003
DT: THE CALLER SAID SMOKE CAME OUT OF TAIL PIPE WHEN VEHICLE FIRST ACCELERATED. HE HAD TO PUT OIL IN THE VEHICLE MORE OFTEN THAN NORMAL. DEALER TOLD HIM VEHICLE IDLED TOO SLOWLY, AND THAT OIL WAS GETTING ON THE VALVES, CAUSING THE SMOKE. HE WAS TOLD THE GUIDES WERE DROPPING TOO LOW, AND THAT WAS LETTING THE OIL LEAK ONTO THE VALVES. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO HELP FOR FREE. *AK
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Steering
03/03/1995
THE CONSUMER LOST STEERING CONTROL AND HIT A GUARD RAIL. *BF THE ROAD CONDITION WAS DRY, THE CONSUMER WASN'T BUCKLED UP, AND THE AIR BAG WASN'T INFLATED. THE VEHICLE WAS KICKED BACK TO THE RIGHT, OVERTURNED AND STOPPED. *SC *JB
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Engine And Engine Cooling
11/15/2004
ENGINE DIES WITH OUT ANY WARNING, REGARDLESS OF SPEED. REPLACED FUEL PUMP, FUEL FILTER, FUEL PUMP RELAY, AND NO CHANGE IN THE PROBLEM. I HAVE RECENTLY BEEN INFORMED THAT MY CRANKSHAFT IS "WALKING" AND THAT IT HAS CAUSED THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR TO GO BAD. *AK
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Seats
08/10/2004
WHILE DRIVING A 1995 MITUBISHI MONTERO A POSSIBLY FATAL FAILURE OCCURRED. WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A DRIVEWAY THE BRACKET OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BACK FAILED CAUSING THE SEAT TO RECLINE ALL THE WAY BACK UNTIL IT WAS COMPLETELY HORIZONTAL. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE ROAD AND LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE MONTERO JERKED TO THE RIGHT AND WENT OFF THE ROAD. *JB
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Engine And Engine Cooling
05/28/2004
CRANKSHAFT PULLEY BOLT BROKE OFF INSIDE THE CRANK SHAFT. PULLEY BEGAN WOBBLING AND SHREDDING THE BELTS CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. VEHICLE TOWED 130 MILES BACK TO DEALER LOCATION. TOLD BY DEALER THE DEFECTIVE BOLT WAS DUE TO RECENT HEAD GASKET WORK AND HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MULTIPLE REPORTS OF THIS BOLT FAILING OR THE SAFETY RECALL THAT HAD BEEN ISSUED. *LA
