2000 Mitsubishi Caribbean Eclipse & 2000 Mitsubishi Caribbean 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
- 99V305002
- Manufacturer
- MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN
- Vehicles affected
- 2,543
- Component
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH
- Owner phone
- 1-800-222-0037
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Jun 7, 2000
- Built
- May 1, 1998 – Oct 1, 1999
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began june 7, 2000. 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).