NHTSA Campaign 03V028000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
NHTSA campaign 03V028000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the vehicle speed control. The repair is free.
MITSUBISHI AMERICA filed the report for 03V028000 with NHTSA on January 30, 2003; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 03V028000, NHTSA lists up to 31,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between August 20, 2002 and January 30, 2003.
Owner notification letters for 03V028000 were scheduled from January 29, 2003.
03V028000 covers 1 model from Mitsubishi, model years 2003.
By potentially affected vehicles, 03V028000 ranks 6 of 18 MITSUBISHI AMERICA recalls on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, DURING EXTREMELY LOW TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS, ICE CAN BUILD UP INSIDE THE ENGINE THROTTLE VALVE. THIS ICE BUILD-UP COULD CAUSE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO STICK OR NOT TO RETURN TO IDLE AFTER ACCELERATING.
- The risk
- FAILURE TO RETURN TO IDLE COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE ENGINE CONTROL COMPUTER TO ELIMINATE THIS CONDITION. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON JANUARY 29, 2003. 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.
- Notes
- MITSUBISHI RECALL BULLETIN NO. SR-03-001.
Reported January 30, 2003
Vehicles covered by 03V028000 (1)
Mitsubishi (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 03V028000, 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: January 30, 2003. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted