Vehicle report
1998 MITSUBISHI MONTERO
This model year
What the record shows
The 1998 Mitsubishi Montero is a four-wheel-drive special purpose vehicle, and the 16th model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 1983 to 2006.
The EPA rated three configurations: engines from 3-litre six-cylinder to 3.5-litre six-cylinder, 4-wheel or all-wheel drive only, two transmissions and running on regular gasoline.
Combined fuel economy ranges from 15 to 16 mpg depending on which one you have.
The federal record holds 74 owner complaints, 1 safety recall, 1 investigation and 42 service bulletins for it.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.