Ultimate Buyers Guide for the Gen 3 Montero!

The XLS with the Moonroof and Rear A/C had the Touring Package, they also had a little bit nicer suede type seat covers. The 2001-2002 XLS/Touring Package had the LSD in the rear. 2003-2006 Did have the XLS available, and with the touring package it had the same upgrades except no LSD. I sold them new back in 2002-2004, had both the 2002 XLS and the 2003 XLS both with the Touring Package. Sorry I had to let the 2003 go back in 2007. I had Ironman springs and KYB struts back then, running 285/75/16s! Awe crap, now I want another one. Great Video!

Great vid, thanks for sharing. This model specific buyers guide info with the different years and trims is brilliant. Hoping to get into a gen3 very soon.

It would be great if you posted normal maintenance and troubleshooting videos for the 3rd Gen. Your video's are incredibly helpful for us non-mechanic types

Perfect timing! Im gonna check a 2003 montero these days and probably gonna take it home. Just 144k km on it, im down here in mexico. Cheers man thanks for the videos! 🌞

Great video. Correction though for the 2001-2002 Gen 3s. The XLS models had the 4 speed transmission, the Limiteds had the 5 spd transmissions.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOUUUUU! THANK YOU THANK YOUUU! I really appreciate the time you put into your videos and they are so much help. Please keep coming out with more gen 3 videos ! ❤️

Great video bro. So much good information. Big fan of your page. Keep up the good work!

I have 2001 Mitsubishi montero limited i comes with a 5 speed transmission with the 3.5L! Now the Montero xls comes with a 4 speed transmission for 2001 and 2002! The limited is 5 speed transmission!! Great video!!

Thank you soooo much for this vid. I will be replacing my transmission bushings immediately. I couldn’t figure out what it was.

Great video man. This has definitely helped. I would like to see a gen 2 buyer guide and history of the montero.

Great job Brian 👍

Well, I wrecked my '98 so now I'm looking at a Gen 3 replacement. It's FAR easier to find a Gen 3 than another Gen 2.5 :/ As usual, you're one of just a couple here on YouTube that I come to for info. Thanks! FYI throttle in my '98 stuck to the floor, so work inspection of the throttle cable into your maintenance.

Thank you so much for this video, not gonna lie I want to buy one in the near future.

Its so few of them on sale in the US, i just found 10 of them nationwide and 4 of them are junkyard cars. When the first black one in decent condition pops up its mine

I always wanted one might have to start looking

Great vid man!! Been window shopping Gen 3s and it seems that their abundance is a lot smaller than the Montero sports, at least in my area. But I love the breakdown you provided. Montero Sport vid next? 👀😂

I got so lucky , every single item you mention as a very common fail mine doesn’t have, I scored a 1owner that was garaged all it’s life , the original owner used to clean suspension parts and diff constantly

Thanks man, great vid! Recently started searching for a Montero here in CO, yet to find any that are priced right. Definitely no $500 dollar specials like you've been able to pick up in the past. Must say, can't imagine dropping a quart of oil per 1k miles. Makes me want to shy away from a Gen 3.

Thanks for that great video 🤘

You said about swapping the 4.9 ratio transfer case into a 2003-2006. As the 4.9 box is manually actuated would that mean needing to swap the electronic actuators for the manual mechanism? Or are the older manual boxes compatible with the electronic actuators? Super useful video btw, I’ve had my eye on a gen1 shogun but after seeing a few of these modded gen3s it’s got me thinking.. Also you said about the electronic traction control motors going bad on those newer models, if I did go with swapping in an LSD do you know if it’s possible to run the older more reliable vacuum brake boosters and do away with the traction control? Have you had any experience with swapping an LSD into one with factory traction control? It feels like the LSD would lock up when the tc is doing its thing and screw with things? The picture on the dash kinda suggests the transfer box has a centre differential? Is that right or is it permanently locked, sending drive to the front axle, and when you shift to 4wd, it locks in the hubs? I’m coming from a Land Rover defender which has all 4 hubs permanently “locked”, always 4wd, but you lock the centre (usually open) diff to use what people would normally call 4wd.