| NHTSA Record Id: 9920 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: MITSUBISHI |
| Recalled Component Id: 000009023000082536000000180 |
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| Model Name: MONTERO SPORT |
Model Year: 1999 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 99V041000 |
Mfr Campaign Number: SR-99-001 |
| Component Name: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: MITSUBISHI AMERICA |
| Start date of Manufacturing: -- |
End date of Manufacturing: -- |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 10000 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Apr, 22 1999 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. |
Report Received Date: Mar, 04 1999 |
| Record Creation date : Mar, 17 1999 |
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| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: sport utility vehicles equipped with 4-wheel drive and automatic transmissions. automatic transmission fluid could be vented onto the hot exhaust system as a result of unanticipated heat generation in the transmission. |
Consequence Summary: The vented transmission fluid could come into contact with the hot exhaust system and ignition of the transmission fluid could result. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will modify the transmission control unit to limit vehicle speed to below approximately 30 miles per hour when the vehicle is operated in the four-wheel-drive low range, an additional label describing the proper use of four-wheel-drive low range will be provided, and will relocate the transmission breather vent. in addition, the owner's manual will be corrected with the proper information to reflect the change to the speed limitations in the four-wheel-drive low range. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification began april 22, 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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