NHTSA Campaign 00V299001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
NHTSA campaign 00V299001 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the engine and engine cooling: engine. The repair is free.
MITSUBISHI AMERICA filed the report for 00V299001 with NHTSA on October 2, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V299001, NHTSA lists up to 6,037 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 15, 2000 and July 24, 2000.
The 00V299001 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V299001 were scheduled from November 20, 2000, 49 days after the report.
00V299001 covers 2 models from Mitsubishi, model years 2001.
Owners of the model years 00V299001 covers have filed at least 21 complaints naming the engine and engine cooling, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 00V299001 vehicles, the 2001 Mitsubishi Galant has the most (21).
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V299001 ranks 14 of 18 MITSUBISHI AMERICA recalls on this site.
Besides 00V299001, MITSUBISHI AMERICA has 1 other recall on the engine and engine cooling on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. THE HARNESS FOR THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR COULD COME IN CONTACT WITH A NEW PROTECTIVE SHIELD CAUSING A GROUNDED CIRCUIT.
- The risk
- PROLONGED WIRING HARNESS CONTACT WITH THE HEAT SHIELD WILL CAUSE THE WIRING INSULATION TO WEAR AND EVENTUALLY TO GROUND OUT. THIS COULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO DIE-OUT, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL RE-ROUTE THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR HARNESS.
- 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.
Reported October 2, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V299001 (2)
Mitsubishi (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V299001, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: October 2, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted