| NHTSA Record Id: 6139 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: MITSUBISHI |
| Recalled Component Id: 000011886000091515000000210 |
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| Model Name: GALANT |
Model Year: 2001 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 00V339000 |
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| Component Name: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING: REAR COMPARTMENT/TRUNK |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: MITSUBISHI AMERICA |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Jul, 05 2000 |
End date of Manufacturing: Aug, 17 2000 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 13974 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Nov, 20 2000 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. |
Report Received Date: Oct, 24 2000 |
| Record Creation date : Oct, 27 2000 |
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| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. the routing of the wiring harness under the right and left side of the rear seat could allow the harness to contact the body. the wires in each harness control the stop lamp circuit, back-up lamp circuit, and the turn lamp circuit. |
Consequence Summary: If any of these wires become short-circuited, the interior lamps, turn signal lamps, and rear stop lamps could stop working. this would fail to warn a following driver that the vehicle is turning or braking and could lead to a crash. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will re-route and secure the harnesses and, if necessary, repair any pre-existing wire insulation damage. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification is expected to begin during november 2000. 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 america 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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