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Service bulletin TSB-12-26-001

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10044479
Published by NHTSA2012-07-10
Manufacturer's numberTSB-12-26-001
Manufacturer's date2012-06-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT; SUSPENSION:FRONT:HUB; POWER TRAIN:AXLE HUBS

NHTSA's summary

MITSUBISHI: WHILE IN PRODUCTION, FRONT AXLE NUT WAS CHANGED FROM CASTELLATED TYPE TO FLANGED TYPE WITH STAKED COLLAR. *PE

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Suspension, Transmission and driveline, Axle, Driveshaft

Vehicles listed
MITSUBISHI LANCER2011
MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION2011
MITSUBISHI LANCER RALLIART2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
MITSUBISHI LANCER SPORTBACK RALLIART2009 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
MITSUBISHI LANCER SPORTSBACK2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
TSB-11-26-0022011-08-03. Service bulletin. MITSUBISHI: THE FRONT AXLE NUT HAS BEEN CHANGED IN PRODUCTION. *RM