Recall Detail

MITSUBISHI / GALANT / 1999

Components - Details
NHTSA Record Id: 8419 Vehicale/Equipment Name: MITSUBISHI
Recalled Component Id: 000009695000080337000000219 Manufacturer Supplied Component Name:
Model Name: GALANT Model Year: 1999
NHTSA Campaign Number: 99V305001 Mfr Campaign Number: SR-99-003
Component Name: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH Manufacturer That Filed Report: MITSUBISHI AMERICA
Start date of Manufacturing: May, 01 1998 End date of Manufacturing: Oct, 01 1999
Report For : V Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 98817
Date Owner Notified By MFR : Dec, 13 1999 Recall Initiator: MFR
Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. Report Received Date: Nov, 01 1999
Record Creation date : Nov, 08 1999 Federal Motar Safety Number:
Defect Summary : Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. the column switch levers can become loose or break over time. Consequence Summary: Loosening or cracking of the levers can cause directional lamps that do not self-cancel or operate, head lamps that do not turn off, windshield washers that operate continuously and/or windshield wipers that do not operate.
Corrective Summary : Dealers will install a redesigned switch. Recall Notes: Mitsubishi recall no. sr-99-003.owner notification began december 13, 1999. 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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