NHTSA Campaign 01V254001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM
NHTSA campaign 01V254001 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: vacuum. The repair is free.
MITSUBISHI AMERICA filed the report for 01V254001 with NHTSA on August 3, 2001; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 01V254001, NHTSA lists up to 39,020 potentially affected vehicles, built between December 12, 1999 and June 20, 2001.
The 01V254001 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 01V254001 were scheduled from October 1, 2001, 59 days after the report.
01V254001 covers 1 model from Mitsubishi, model years 2002.
Owners of the model years 01V254001 covers have filed at least 46 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 01V254001 ranks 5 of 18 MITSUBISHI AMERICA recalls on this site.
Besides 01V254001, MITSUBISHI AMERICA has 1 other recall on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 01V254001 was 01V027000, reported on February 5, 2001.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. THE ACCUMULATOR THAT IS INSTALLED ON THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE BOOSTER MAY HAVE BEEN IMPROPERLY MANUFACTURED. OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, THIS COULD RESULT IN LEAKAGE OF THE PRESSURIZED NITROGEN GAS FROM INSIDE THE ACCUMULATOR.
- The risk
- THE LOSS OF THIS GAS PRESSURE COULD RESULT IN AN ABNORMAL NOISE FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DASH PANEL WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, AND POSSIBLY A DELAYED FIRST TIME BRAKE BOOST ASSIST AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN PARKED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSTALL AN IMPROVED ACCUMULATOR. OWNER NOTIFICATION MAILING BEGAN OCTOBER 1, 2001. 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.
Reported August 3, 2001
Vehicles covered by 01V254001 (1)
Mitsubishi (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 01V254001, 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: August 3, 2001. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted