Comments on: 2009 Mitsubishi Pajero Review & Road Test

By: Freo4ages

Freo4ages — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:18:51 +0000

2008 i bought the platinum addition pajero and since then have a fair bit of crap hung on me but have never been left behind on or off road. Here in WA we play on the power line treck a lot mostly rocks and steep climes. I have the petrol V6 had roof mount DVD window tint floor mats and paid $52000.00 less the $2000.00 cash back. Great deal when you compare to prado. I recommend this car to anyone after sales service you can’t fault and good price. The big service is 45thou and the only one mitsubishi didn’t get because of price. It now has ARB bar and new tyres. No issue with rear tyres scrubbing but only tow 1500kg camper. Great car don’t care what this fool says, must be sponsored by Toyota.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 13:41:02 +0000

Interesting debate. We’ve owned a 1999 Exceed 3.5 petrol for over 3yrs now and its been the most awesome motor ever. It just keeps going. A bit heavy on the juice in town but on the freeway its fine. I’m just about to buy a 2010 VRX 3.8 petrol – looks great and will last us for at least the next 10yrs………

By: Rick Patterson

Rick Patterson — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 04:40:17 +0000

Hyundai Santa fe 145 kw and 436nm from 2.2l

By: snowy brown

snowy brown — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 04:01:29 +0000

what year did the pajero 3.2 diesel started to deliver 147 kw & 441 torque. Snowy

By: John

John — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:15:51 +0000

Hi All
WOW…lots of Brand bias here, after a screen and a half, I wanted to stop reading…wow paragraphs of it.
My 2c

Let’s start with why you bought your SUV, i.e, uses in it’s lifetime:
98% on-road use
1% towing caravan
1% semi-serious off road.

If you paid $80K for your 4×4, you will justify that debt you made to the bank, probably everything else will be bad.

In buying a vehicle, you should do “some” research:

Serious 4×4 enthusiast: Buy a Wrangler or something.
buy something with solid axles, jack up the suspension, allow for 2m of flex.
Know when you buy it, the on-road handling will be poor.

Semi-serious 4×4 and don’t mind half-bad handling on-road, then
buy a vehicle with independent front and solid axle rear, the handling may be half-bad,

Do you want a safe and exellent handling SUV that is capable off-road, but you don’t expect to climb boulders and 2m deep ruts and you don’t care for 2m of flex, then full independent suspension is for you. It will be amazing on-road.

How often do you do the following(1% to 99% of vehicle’s lifetime) :
Towing a caravan/heavy load for thousands of km?

Know that with a solid rear axle-the springs just compress.
and..
ANY independent suspension vehicle has it’s wheels “kick-out” a little for exeptional handling around corners and avoiding obstacles on the road- this happens as weight is put on that corner’s suspension. Logically a heavy load from a caravan will do the same. Talk to your local mechanic or dealer for stiffer springs or spring boosters (cheap)- this goes for Ford/Commodores as well- tow a heavy caravan and the independent suspension will angle the tyres out slightly- it’s not a brand issue (so don’t make it that) it’s independent suspension.

If like I said above, in it’s lifetime you will be on-road or gravel road for 99% of it’s life with just people and some luggage, get a SUV with the best safe handling to avoid accidents, objects and people.
It could be a Pajero over a Prado. The Prado has a truck chassis and doesn’t handle as well.

However, if you want to go through deep ditches and climb up boulders, a Prado has better flex in it’s rear axle, then drive in to town, split your driving 50% / 50%. Then the Prado may be for you, just drive slow on the bitumen, say 80km/h as the handling and response is less accurate than with a Pajero.

If you want a serious 4×4, get one with 2 solid ales with 2m of flex-remember the sacrifice on instant handling.

By: 4WD man

4WD man — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:15:25 +0000

I own a 2002 3.2 Did Pajero. I drive brand new 3lt Patrol for work on a daily basis. This gets changed over every year. All the carry on about Pajero’s not being good for off road is just brand bias. Personally, I do 60000 a year in the patrol, serious off road work including steep rocky alpine trails, snow & mud. The Pajero eats the patrol for breakfast. The Pajero is more powerful, more comfortable, economical, spacious and reliable. Broken Patrols more times that I can count. How Nissan sells these piles of junk and gets away with it amazes me. SIde note, why does a 3lt diesel hold 12lts of oil! What’s Nissan hiding? Any 4WD needs suspension mods if you are towing heavy loads or off roading in extreme conditions including a Landcruiser. If I could afford a Landcruiser I’d have one, but they’re not $40,000 better than a Pajero.

By: John

John — Sun, 08 May 2011 23:21:58 +0000

How does the Pajero go towing a van which weighs around 2.5 ton? I am considering an NT Diesel Pajero and am not sure how it would go with a large towing load?

By: Wild Bill

Wild Bill — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 23:00:44 +0000

Just ready to buy new Pajero. Heard they are notorious for scrubbing out rear tyres under 20,000ks when towing. As I will do a lot of towing (2100kg tare) wondered if any owners have that problem and if so how to fix.

By: InTheBush

InTheBush — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:44:32 +0000

Pajero is seriously good off road, and better than most large 4X4 onroad.
Many who have bought SUV’s to go off road should have bought Pajero (or Prado) instead. While its internal packaging is now dating, it really is of no consequence when you are easily carving up a beach, or scrabbling over well worn bush tracks. A split 3rd row would make it heaps more flexible in the rear for luggage.
When does an all new model surface?

By: Blokie

Blokie — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:22:04 +0000

or fix the load distrabution