| NHTSA Record Id: 15430 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: MITSUBISHI |
| Recalled Component Id: 000007912000010724000000073 |
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| Model Name: MONTERO |
Model Year: 1994 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 96V143001 |
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| Component Name: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: MITSUBISHI AMERICA |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Aug, 01 1991 |
End date of Manufacturing: Jan, 31 1994 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 93000 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Sep, 15 1996 |
Recall Initiator: ODI |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. |
Report Received Date: Jul, 25 1996 |
| Record Creation date : Sep, 03 1996 |
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| Defect Summary : Under conditions of full lock steering and full suspension travel, the left or right front wheel-side brake hose can crack, resulting in brake fluid leakage. |
Consequence Summary: Brake fluid leakage will cause illumination of the brake warning lamp and reduction in braking efficiency increasing the risk of a vehicle accident. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will replace the left and right front wheel-side brake hoses with revised hose assemblies. |
Recall Notes: System: brakes; hydraulic; lines; hose; non-metallic. vehicle description: sedan and wagons equipped with anti-lock braking system (abs) and multi-purpose passenger vehicles equipped with or without abs brakes. owner notification: owner notification is expected to begin in august 1996. note: 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 1-800-424-9393. |
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