| NHTSA Record Id: 13616 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: MITSUBISHI |
| Recalled Component Id: 000008682000077328000000180 |
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| Model Name: ECLIPSE |
Model Year: 1998 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 98V069001 |
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| Component Name: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: MITSUBISHI AMERICA |
| Start date of Manufacturing: May, 15 1989 |
End date of Manufacturing: Mar, 06 1998 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 24275 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Apr, 20 1998 |
Recall Initiator: ODI |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. |
Report Received Date: Mar, 26 1998 |
| Record Creation date : Jun, 16 1998 |
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| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. lockup of the transfer case can occur due to insufficient lubrication. |
Consequence Summary: This condition can cause a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will inspect the vehicles for adequacy of the transfer case oil volume, transfer case oil leakage, and operational degradation of the transfer case mechanism. if oil volume is insufficient, the appropriate amount of oil will be added. if there is transfer case oil leakage, affected components will be replaced. if the transfer case shows operational degradation, the transfer case will be replaced. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification is expected to begin april 20, 1998.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact mitsubishi at 1-800-222-0037.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). |
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