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Service bulletin TSB-18-23-001

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 id10142737
Published by NHTSA2018-07-16
Manufacturer's numberTSB-18-23-001
Manufacturer's date2018-06-07
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

This is a Technical Service Bulletin sent to dealers. It instructs dealers to reprogram the AWC ECU with updated software to correct an issue, on certain vehicles, where the ETACS may transmit an incorrect signal, resulting in the 4WD warning indicator illuminating and DTC U0431 may be stored.

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Electrical system

Trouble codes named

U0431

Vehicles listed
MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20185892018-10-26. Electrical
18V6210002018-09-14. FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL; ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC); ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
18V6200002018-09-14. FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE:SOFTWARE:PEDESTRIAN/CYCLIST/OBJECT/OBSTACLE/ RECOGNITION; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
17V6090002017-09-29. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY:RELAY

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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