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Mitsubishi Eclipse 2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin 061000 · NHTSA communication 618196 · issued Oct 6, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2001
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Mitsubishi motor sales of america, inc. Has determined that a certain number of automatic transmission equipped v-6 vehicles may have a defect in the transmission. As a result, the a/t may slip when up shifting from second to third gear. *tt

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.