Plymouth Sundance 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	Plymouth Sundance	Mitsubishi Montero
Complaints on file	408	989
Model years covered	1987–1998	1986–2006
Worst model year	—	2001
Best model year	—	1993
Crashes reported	60	83
Fires reported	25	18
Injuries reported	43	59
Deaths reported	0	8
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	31.4%	17%

Plymouth Sundance by year

12 45 51 59 32 69 67 70 2 1

87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 98

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 56 13.7%

Airbags 45 11.0%

Seats 35 8.6%

Seat Belts 33 8.1%

Electrical System 32 7.8%

Body & Structure 29 7.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 27 6.6%

Suspension 27 6.6%

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%