The defect
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).
The risk
Contaminated ATF may cause the transmission to become inoperative resulting in engine stalling, increasing the risk of a crash.
The 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.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Mitsubishi Fuso FEC52 | 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| Mitsubishi Fuso FEC72 | 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| Mitsubishi Fuso FEC92 | 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| Mitsubishi Fuso FGB72 | 2012, 2013, 2014 |
Components: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitsubishi Fuso FEC52 | 2012 | 1 | 10 |
| Mitsubishi Fuso FEC52 | 2013 | 0 | 10 |
| Mitsubishi Fuso FEC52 | 2014 | 0 | 7 |
| Mitsubishi Fuso FEC72 | 2012 | 2 | 10 |
| Mitsubishi Fuso FEC72 | 2013 | 0 | 10 |
| Mitsubishi Fuso FEC72 | 2014 | 0 | 8 |
| Mitsubishi Fuso FEC92 | 2012 | 0 | 11 |
| Mitsubishi Fuso FEC92 | 2013 | 0 | 11 |
| Mitsubishi Fuso FEC92 | 2014 | 0 | 8 |
| Mitsubishi Fuso FGB72 | 2012 | 0 | 8 |
| Mitsubishi Fuso FGB72 | 2013 | 0 | 8 |
| Mitsubishi Fuso FGB72 | 2014 | 0 | 6 |
Other power train recalls in 2014
49 of the 770 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2014 concerned the power train; Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc. filed 22 campaigns in all.
| 14V819000 24 Dec 2014 | General Motors LLC |
| 14V811000 22 Dec 2014 | Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. |
| 14V803000 19 Dec 2014 | Nissan North America, Inc. |
| 14V796000 16 Dec 2014 | Chrysler Group LLC |
| 14V789000 15 Dec 2014 | BMW of North America, LLC |
| 14V784000 9 Dec 2014 | Hyundai Motor America |
| 14V779000 8 Dec 2014 | Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| 14V739000 18 Nov 2014 | Volvo Trucks North America |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2014