Mitsubishi Montero Sudden Acceleration Accidents [MERGED]

[arsen]

hi sir what rpm range pwede brake torque launch ang montero vgt AT, tnx

Within the stall speed of the torque converter.
The 5-speed Auto-Tranny Model# R5A51(2WD) and V5A51(4WD) specs says stall speed is 2200 to 2700rpm.

From standstill and brake is depressed (no tire rotation) stall should be at 2200RPM as can be seen at the start of this video

[OTEP]

Last Friday (November 23, 2012) at around 5pm this Mitsubishi Montero Sport suddenly moved forward while maneuvering in the parking area of Savemore, Apalit. It pinned a mother and her two kids to a concrete wall. The 4 year old child died instantly. As of press time the mother is in critical condition and the 8 year old child is not yet out of danger.

I wonder if they will blame this on sudden unintended acceleration?

In an interesting twist, the vehicle was allegedly driven by its female doctor owner as per witnesses on the scene. But the male medical representative who was said to be the passenger at the time of the crash declared to the police that he was the one behind the wheel. The male is currently detained in our local jail and the Montero is impounded (more like on display) in our municipal hall grounds.

I still think it was driver error.

[skybison]

Uht uh.

I do drag-strip testing on vehicles as part of my job, and both the Fort and Monty will stay perfectly still if you have the brakes held down and the gas pedal to the floor. Neither have enou torque to overwhelm the admittedly puny brakes.

The old Ranger AT will spin the rear tires up... But it won't move. It'll create a noxious cloud of smoke, but it won't move.

+1

our '11 GLS-V won't even get to 3k rpm - mamatay yun engine e. (Left foot at brakes, right at gas tryin WOT)

[nivraarvin]

The feel of the throttle and brake pedal is what i think the problem is. They have the same feel when you press your foot against it, especially while wearing shoes with thick soles. I also think they are placed too close to each other.

This is not a problem for me because most of the time, I drive bare footed. But the times that I did drive wearing shoes, i had difficulty knowing which pedal my right foot was on.

[EVO-V]

The feel of the throttle and brake pedal is what i think the problem is. They have the same feel when you press your foot against it, especially while wearing shoes with thick soles. I also think they are placed too close to each other.

This is not a problem for me because most of the time, I drive bare footed. But the times that I did drive wearing shoes, i had difficulty knowing which pedal my right foot was on.

The standard reply according to my friend was "everything is working withing the acceptable parameters" or something to that effect.

Its the APS that's largely suspect in these cases. Though I seriously seriously doubt any technical truths will come out. The calculus between a recall for a defect such as this one is rather cruel.

It will demolish Mitsu's best selling car from its stable.

Chances are, they'll just do another PR spin and have some hapless automotive journalist try and test the brakes while revving.

[baludoy]

^ what's APS bro?

[EVO-V]

Accelerator Position Sensor

[carlo0810]

I thought this issue had already died down, guess not, In my opinion none of these "sudden acceleration" incidents are true. You would still have to engage the drive gear for the vehicle to have any forward motion. Most of the statements say that upon starting the vehicle would just rev wildly, so what if it revs wildly? Unless you engage D it wont move.

[kckm]

Not really sure if this is something to do with the sudden acceleration problem of Montero.

When i parked my car and slide the gear from D to N and release the break. The gear handle returned back to D and the car move and almost bump the car in front. Good thing i was able to step on the brake immediately ,,, Well... nagsigawan lang naman misis at mga anak ko at nabatukan pa

[Retz]

^

sir hindi kaya pulido pagka shift mo sa "N" kaya bumalik ulit sa "D" sir?