2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse & 2000 Mitsubishi Galant recall: lights
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. The column switch levers CAN become loose or break over time.
💥 The risk
Loosening or cracking of the levers CAN cause directional lamps that do not self-cancel or operate, head lamps that do not turn off, windshield washers that operate continuously and/or windshield wipers that do not operate.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will install a redesigned switch.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 99V305001
- Manufacturer recall #
- SR-99-003
- Manufacturer
- MITSUBISHI AMERICA
- Vehicles affected
- 98,817
- Component
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH; VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING
- Owner phone
- 1-800-222-0037
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Dec 13, 1999
- Built
- May 1, 1998 – Oct 1, 1999
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Mitsubishi recall no. SR-99-003.owner notification began december 13, 1999. 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.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).