NHTSA Campaign 00V339000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING: REAR COMPARTMENT/TRUNK
NHTSA campaign 00V339000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the electrical system: wiring: rear compartment/trunk. The repair is free.
MITSUBISHI AMERICA filed the report for 00V339000 with NHTSA on October 24, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V339000, NHTSA lists up to 13,974 potentially affected vehicles, built between July 5, 2000 and August 17, 2000.
The 00V339000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V339000 were scheduled from November 20, 2000, 27 days after the report.
00V339000 covers 1 model from Mitsubishi, model years 2001.
Owners of the model years 00V339000 covers have filed at least 13 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V339000 ranks 11 of 18 MITSUBISHI AMERICA recalls on this site.
Besides 00V339000, MITSUBISHI AMERICA has 4 other recalls on the electrical system on this site; the one before 00V339000 was 99V333001, reported on November 23, 1999.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- 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.
- The risk
- 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.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL RE-ROUTE AND SECURE THE HARNESSES AND, IF NECESSARY, REPAIR ANY PRE-EXISTING WIRE INSULATION DAMAGE.
- 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 24, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V339000 (1)
Mitsubishi (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V339000, 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 24, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted