Recall 14V046000

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

Report Date
20140210
Component
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Affected Vehicles
12 models

Defect Description

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).

Safety Consequence

Contaminated ATF may cause the transmission to become inoperative resulting in engine stalling, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy

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. Owners may contact Mitsubishi Fuso at 1-856-467-4500.

Affected Vehicles

Year Make Model
2012 MITSUBISHI FUSO FEC52
2012 MITSUBISHI FUSO FEC72
2012 MITSUBISHI FUSO FEC92
2012 MITSUBISHI FUSO FGB72
2013 MITSUBISHI FUSO FEC52
2013 MITSUBISHI FUSO FEC72
2013 MITSUBISHI FUSO FEC92
2013 MITSUBISHI FUSO FGB72
2014 MITSUBISHI FUSO FEC52
2014 MITSUBISHI FUSO FEC72
2014 MITSUBISHI FUSO FEC92
2014 MITSUBISHI FUSO FGB72

Check your vehicle: Visit NHTSA.gov and enter your VIN to see if your specific vehicle is affected.