NHTSA Campaign 05V409000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
NHTSA campaign 05V409000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder. The repair is free.
MITSUBISHI MOTORS NORTH AMERICA, INC filed the report for 05V409000 with NHTSA on September 15, 2005; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 05V409000, NHTSA lists up to 2,901 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 25, 2005 and July 13, 2005.
The 05V409000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 05V409000 were scheduled from October 3, 2005, 18 days after the report.
05V409000 covers 2 models from Mitsubishi, model years 2005.
Owners of the model years 05V409000 covers have filed at least 6 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 05V409000 vehicles, the 2005 Mitsubishi Galant has the most (6).
By potentially affected vehicles, 05V409000 ranks 18 of 30 MITSUBISHI MOTORS NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 05V409000, MITSUBISHI MOTORS NORTH AMERICA, INC has 3 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 05V409000 was 05V299000, reported on June 27, 2005.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH ANTI-LOCK BRAKES, THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER, WHICH CONTROLS THE FLUID PRESSURE TO THE VEHICLE'S BRAKES, MAY ALLOW BRAKE FLUID TO BYPASS INTERNALLY DURING STOPPING.
- The risk
- THIS MAY RESULT IN A PARTIAL LOSS OF BRAKING, INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES, AND COULD LEAD TO A VEHICLE CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER. THE RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 3, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT MITSUBISHI AT 1-800-222-0037.
Reported September 15, 2005
Vehicles covered by 05V409000 (2)
Mitsubishi (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 05V409000, 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: September 15, 2005. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted