Mitsubishi Motors
Philippines Corporation recalled specified models for a safety inspection
campaign. These units include ASX, Outlander, Lancer Evolution and Lancer EX.
This recall procedure is in line of the earlier campaign announced by Mitsubishi
Motors Corporation, Japan.
The details and scope of
this safety recall inspection campaign are as follows:
Brake booster
The switch
sleeve inside the brake booster is suspected to be improperly installed which
may cause the brake pedal not to release and the vehicle unable to restart. The
inspection procedure is estimated to take 18 minutes at the most and when
needed, replacement of brake booster is estimated at 2.4 hours at the most.
Coverage of this safety inspection is 27 ASX units sold in 2011.
Brake lamp switch
The
insufficient conduction in the switch may cause the brake lamp not to
illuminate and may also result inability to move the shift lever out of Park
(P) position. The replacement procedure is estimated to take 18 minutes at the
most. Coverage of this safety inspection is 558 Outlander units sold from year
2007 to 2009.
Engine drive belt pulley
The pulley and auto tensioner may wear out due inappropriate material of the
engine drive belt and may cause the drive belt to come off. Replacement of the
engine drive belt plus inspection and if required replacement of the pulley and
auto tensioner is estimated to take around 1 to 1.5 hours in total depending on
the engine type. Coverage of this safety inspection are as follows: 2,459
Lancer EX and Ralliart units sold from 2008 to 2011, 603 Outlander units sold
from 2008 to 2009, 600 ASX units sold in 2011, and 8 Lancer Evolution X units
sold from 2008 to 2010.
Mitsubishi Motors
Philippines announced that there has been no reported failures and/or incidents
nationwide related to the above.
Mr. Hikosaburo Shibata,
President and CEO of MMPC sincerely apologizes to all affected customers for
the inconvenience caused by this safety inspection recall. Mr. Shibata also
said that the parts are expected to arrive this month. MMPC and its dealers will
contact customers with potentially affected units for proper scheduling of
inspection and servicing at the dealer service centers.
In case these vehicles
were already sold or passed on to another owner, MMPC have also published the
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) of all units potentially affected by this
campaign at its website www.mitsubishi-motors.com.phfor inquiry purposes. All
MMPC Service Centers nationwide are also capable to attend to customer’s
inquiry and concerns about this matter.
To ensure smooth
servicing, customers may call their Mitsubishi dealership to schedule the
servicing of their unit. For additional concerns and inquiries, customers can
get in touch with MMPC Customer Care Center at telephone numbers (+632)
658-0673 Monday to Friday from 7 am to 4 pm.
