- Vehicles
- 7,819
- Built between
- Apr 2011 – Aug 2013
- Models
- 4
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 7 April 2014
- Repaired
- 95%
- Unrepaired
- 390
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between April 2011 and August 2013. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2012-2014 Mitsubishi Fuso FEC52Built April 2011 to August 2013
- 2012-2014 Mitsubishi Fuso FEC72Built April 2011 to August 2013
- 2012-2014 Mitsubishi Fuso FEC92Built April 2011 to August 2013
- 2012-2014 Mitsubishi Fuso FGB72Built April 2011 to August 2013
Repair progress
390 of 7,819 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q4 2015.
95% repaired — 7,429 of 7,819 reported
Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.
What the defect is
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc. (Mitsubishi Fuso) is recalling certain model year 2012-2014 FEC52, FEC72, FEC92 and FGB72 trucks. In the affected vehicles, the transmission may not have been cleaned sufficiently during manufacturing, allowing debris to contaminate the automatic transmission fluid (ATF).
What could happen
Contaminated ATF may cause the transmission to become inoperative resulting in engine stalling, increasing the risk of a crash.
What gets fixed
Mitsubishi Fuso will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the transmission, flush the system twice and refill it with new ATF or replace the transmission assembly as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on April 7, 2014.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtApril 2011 to August 2013
- Recall reported to NHTSA10 February 2014
- Owners notified7 April 2014
- Latest repair reportQ4 2015 — 95% repaired
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 10 February 2014.
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
- 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
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to 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.