Mitsubishi Fighter Recall 1126910 — Engine Assembly

In January 2011, Mitsubishi filed a statutory recall with Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) concerning the Engine Assembly, covering the Fighter. The filing affects 31,924 vehicles manufactured between February 26, 1999 and August 2005.

Overview

Filing in context

The Engine Assembly is the most frequently cited component category in this archive, appearing in 43 of its 4,890 filings. This filing is one of 38 Mitsubishi notifications from 2011 in this archive. For scale, 989 of the 4,890 filings in this archive report a larger number of affected vehicles; the vehicles involved here were manufactured over a span of about 6 years and 6 months.

Defect

If a driver fails to notice the low-coolant warning light or a rising coolant temperature gauge and continues driving in an overheated condition, an oil leak may develop. In the worst case, the vehicle may catch fire.

Corrective action

Replace the thermostat case on all vehicles with a unit equipped with an overheat sensor, and apply fuel injection quantity limiting when an overheat condition is detected.

Affected models & chassis ranges

This filing lists 90 type code(s). A vehicle is affected if its chassis number falls within one of the ranges below.

Original Japanese (MLIT source text)

Source & verification

This entry reproduces public data from Japan's MLIT recall registry. English text is jdmvin.com's own translation; always verify against the official source:

https://renrakuda.mlit.go.jp/renrakuda/ris-detail-car.html?class=recalldatacar&id=3002518

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