Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | |||||
| 2100302 | 07/29/2002 | 635723 | This bulletin provides information about atf+4 usage. *tt | 10/30/2002 | |
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - CONTROL MODULE (TCM, PCM) | |||||
| 0801505 | 03/02/2005 | 10013731 | Powertrain control module initialization. *sc | 04/26/2005 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | |||
| 06/29/2008 | 91500 | 1 | |
| I am writing on behalf of the issue concerning safety and reliability of mitsubishi/dodge vehicles containing the f4a51 automatic transaxle (2000-05 eclipse, 2001-05 stratus rt, 1997-2003 v6 galant) the main issue seems to be a manufacturing defect in the wave/cushion spring located in the transmission. mitsubishi has designed the wave spring as a fragile two coil piece which has been known to repeatedly break causing catastrophic failure in the transmission. this in turn poses a threat on the driver/passengers as when this wave spring breaks, actual pieces of the spring make it through mitsubishi | |||
| 11/08/2004 | 39010 | 2 | 09/03/2001 |
| Engine started to idle very rough with and without brakes applied for several days until it failed to start. 3 days at dealership service for concerns. (new batt and pcm reprogram that resulted in a 10 minute drive away from center after service completed to have the service engine soon light come on) returned car to dealer the next day to find the erg valve was faulty to failure, had to restrict air flow to maintain proper idle. pending 2 more days of service time to correct. more lost time and money. *jb | |||
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - COOLING UNIT AND LINES | |||
| 04/26/2001 | 1 | ||
| Consumer is not satisfied about her request for reimbursemnt being declined, consumer received a recall notification (01v011002) in the mail to contact her dealer, but when she did she was advised by delaer that they needed an entire day to perform the repairs, therefore work could not be performed on a saturday, consumer contacted manufacturer about rental reimbursement and she was told that the dealer could have performed the work on a saturday and if not consumer should have called the customer service center to get another authorized dealer, consumer states that no where on the paperwork that it says if your dealer is unable to perform work to contact customer service. *jb | |||
| POWER TRAIN - MANUAL TRANSMISSION | |||
| 11/09/2004 | 56777 | 1 | 10/10/2000 |
| Manual 5-speed transmission on my 2001 dodge stratus r/t has lost reverse. it has only 56000 miles and i have found, through research, that tis transmission produced by mitsubishi has a very high failure rate. i have had problems with 2nd gear grinding since new. *ak | |||