Mitsubishi Fuso Exterior Lighting: Turn Signal

Mitsubishi Fuso is recalling about 4,571 vehicles over a problem with the exterior lighting. Repeated opening and closing of the doors could break the turn signal and hazard lamp wiring harness, causing the lamps to become inoperative.

Campaign
05V410000
Manufacturer
MITSUBISHI FUSO TRUCK OF AMERICA, INC.
Reported
15 September 2005
Vehicles
4,571
Built between
May 2004 – Jun 2005
Models
4
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
23 November 2005
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between May 2004 and June 2005. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2005 Mitsubishi Fuso FE83DBuilt May 2004 to April 2005
  • 2005-2006 Mitsubishi Fuso FE84DBuilt May 2004 to June 2005
  • 2005-2006 Mitsubishi Fuso FE85DBuilt May 2004 to June 2005
  • 2005-2006 Mitsubishi Fuso FG84DBuilt August 2004 to June 2005

What the defect is

On certain trucks, the door wiring harness interferes with the turn signal and hazard lamp wiring harness due to improper routing.

What could happen

Repeated opening and closing of the doors could break the turn signal and hazard lamp wiring harness, causing the lamps to become inoperative.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL ADD PROTECTIVE TUBING AT THE DOOR WIRING HARNESS GROMMET, INSTALL A PROTECTIVE CAP ON THE TURN SIGNAL AND HAZARD LAMP CONNECTOR AND REPAIR ANY WIRING HARNESS DAMAGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 23, 2005.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtMay 2004 to June 2005
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA15 September 2005
  3. Owners notified23 November 2005

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 15 September 2005.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners may contact mitsubishi fuso at 1-856-467-4500.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
C1000210
Recalling manufacturer
MITSUBISHI FUSO TRUCK OF AMERICA, INC.
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236; (tty: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

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