NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Recall Query RQ98-007: TRANSFER CASE LEAKAGE
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Recall Query RQ98-007 on May 11, 1998 and closed it on August 28, 1998. NHTSA's investigations file lists the Mitsubishi Eclipse and Galant for it and links recalls 98V168001 and 98V168002 to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- RQ98-007 (also written RQ98007)
- Investigation type
- Recall Query An investigation into whether an existing recall covers the right vehicles or whether its remedy works, run much like a Preliminary Evaluation.
- Status
- Closed August 28, 1998
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
- Component
- Power Train — Automatic Transmission
- Recalls linked by NHTSA
- 98V168001 (NHTSA record)
- 98V168002 (NHTSA record)
- Vehicles and equipment
- Mitsubishi Eclipse and Galant
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Recall Query RQ98-007.
THE TRANSFER CASE OF THE ALL WHEEL DRIVE (AWD), MITSUBISHI GALANT, ALLEGEDLY LEAKS OIL CAUSING ONE OR MORE WHEELS TO LOCKUP; OR THE INABILITY TO TRANSMIT ENGINE POWER TO THE DRIVE WHEELS.THE VEHICLES HAVE THE SAME TRANSFER CASE DESIGN AS THE ECLIPSE VEHICLES WHICH HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THE SAME ALLEGED DEFECT.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Recall Query RQ98-007. A listed model year means only that an investigation names it; it says nothing about any particular vehicle. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to that page's NHTSA investigations section.
What an NHTSA investigation is
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) looks into possible safety defects in vehicles and equipment, often after owner complaints. An investigation usually starts as a Preliminary Evaluation, or as a Recall Query when it concerns whether an existing recall covers the right vehicles or fixes the problem, and ODI can upgrade it to a more detailed Engineering Analysis. A Defect Petition asks NHTSA to open an investigation, and Audit and Equipment Queries are administrative investigations into whether companies complied with federal vehicle safety requirements, such as reporting, recall and certification rules.
An open investigation is not a finding that a safety defect exists, and NHTSA can close one without a recall.
To see whether a specific vehicle has an open recall, enter its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Mitsubishi VIN check: decode a VIN to see its year, make and model.
Sources
NHTSA's investigation record for RQ98-007
Investigation details come from NHTSA's investigations file, which try.vin imports once a day. The investigation types are described from the U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's May 2023 report on NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation, NHTSA's petition rules (49 CFR Parts 552 and 557) and NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation procedures. How try.vin reads NHTSA investigations.