NHTSA Campaign 06V068000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
NHTSA campaign 06V068000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: caliper. The repair is free.
MITSUBISHI MOTORS NORTH AMERICA, INC filed the report for 06V068000 with NHTSA on March 9, 2006; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 06V068000, NHTSA lists up to 4,359 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 18, 2005 and June 15, 2005.
The 06V068000 report reached NHTSA 9 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 06V068000 were scheduled from April 10, 2006, 32 days after the report.
06V068000 covers 1 model from Mitsubishi, model years 2005.
By potentially affected vehicles, 06V068000 ranks 16 of 30 MITSUBISHI MOTORS NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 06V068000, MITSUBISHI MOTORS NORTH AMERICA, INC has 3 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 06V068000 was 05V409000, reported on September 15, 2005.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, THE MATERIAL USED TO MANUFACTURE THE FRONT DISC BRAKE CALIPERS MAY BE BRITTLE DUE TO IMPROPER METALLURGY.
- The risk
- THIS COULD CAUSE FRACTURE OF THE BRAKE CALIPER AND SUBSEQUENT UNEXPECTED PARTIAL LOSS OF BRAKING FORCE, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE THE FRONT BRAKE CALIPER IF NECESSARY FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 10, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT MITSUBISHI AT 1-800-222-0037.
- Notes
- MITSUBISHI RECALL NO. SR-06-001.
Reported March 9, 2006
Vehicles covered by 06V068000 (1)
Mitsubishi (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 06V068000, 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: March 9, 2006. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted