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Mitsubishi Montero 2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin SC01001 · NHTSA communication 625997 · issued Sep 1, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2001
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

On some vehicles, the automatic transmission cooling plates in the cooler could crack, causing automatic transmission fluid to enter the radiator and / or coolant to enter the transmission. *tt

Vehicles covered

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.