Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMMUNICATIONS - HORN ASSEMBLY | |||
| 11/02/2009 | 90000 | 1 | |
| The horn button sometimes sticks when used and goes off frequently in the cold of the evening many times in the 4-6am hours. the horn is very loud and wakes the neighbors. this has become such an inconvenience that initially removed the fuse for the horn - this is very unsafe! right after disabling the horn someone almost backed up into me! so i have re-enabled the horn system (put the fuse back). this horn button is also the airbag unit - so it is very expensive to replace. so i have wired a switch in the horn circuit, so that i and my neighbors can sleep at night - i just have to remember to flip the switch back on when i get in the truck. *tr | |||
| 03/25/2008 | 105420 | 1 | 08/26/2003 |
| March 25th 2008: car was parked at golf course and horn began to sound continuously. had to disconnect battery and the pull fuses to stop horn. dealer told me that it was a stuck switch in the horn assembly and that the entire steering pad/airbag assembly had to be replaced at an approximate cost of $1175 parts and labor. on searching the internet i find this be a fairly common problem with monteros prior to 2003. i can't find a recall on this but believe that there should have been one. *tr | |||
| 02/02/2008 | 103560 | 1 | 11/01/2001 |
| February 02, 2008; as i was driving my vehicle, the horn began to sound consistently without stopping. i had to pull over and open the fuse box in the engine compartment area 7 remove fuse. mitsubishi dealer on 02/06/2008 told me that the entire steering wheel with air bag has to be replace. most likely it has a short and the inside area has no replacement parts to fix the horn from non-stop sounding. cost to replace steering wheel unit with air bag is $1,575.00 ! there should be a recall or something for just a short in the horn system. *tr | |||
| 11/12/2003 | 50000 | 2 | 05/07/2003 |
| Horn blew on its own. consumer had to disconnect the fuse. *ak consumer also feared that because of the horn blowing on by itself, air bag might go off by itself as the vehicle warms up. *la | |||