Land Rover Defender vs Mitsubishi Montero

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Land Rover Defender	Mitsubishi Montero
Complaints on file	400	989
Model years covered	1990–2026	1986–2006
Worst model year	2020	2001
Best model year	2025	1993
Crashes reported	5	83
Fires reported	8	18
Injuries reported	5	59
Deaths reported	0	8
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	4.5%	17%

Land Rover Defender by year

1 2 1 1 1 4 3 75 45 93 108 43 17 6

90 93 95 99 01 02 03 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Electrical System 97 24.3%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 59 14.8%

Lights 53 13.3%

Engine & Cooling 41 10.3%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 30 7.5%

Other & Unspecified 27 6.8%

Steering 26 6.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 20 5.0%

Mitsubishi Montero by year

8 4 1 10 25 22 18 17 35 106 40 85 91 47 68 213 132 53 7 1 6

86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Brakes 240 24.3%

Engine & Cooling 170 17.2%

Suspension 70 7.1%

Electrical System 68 6.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 63 6.4%

Steering 56 5.7%

Airbags 51 5.2%

Body & Structure 37 3.7%