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Service bulletin TSB0142A001

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 id618209
Published by NHTSA2001-04-10
Manufacturer's numberTSB0142A001
Manufacturer's date2001-02-01
ReplacesTSB0042A006
NHTSA componentLATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LOCK

NHTSA's summary

INFORMATION ON TRUNK LID RELEASE KITS FOR CONFINEMENT WITHIN TRUNK. *JB

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

Latches and locks

Vehicles listed
MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE SPYDER2001 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
MITSUBISHI GALANT1999, 2000, 2001
MITSUBISHI MIRAGE1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

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
1132005-07-08. Service bulletin. TOPSTACK LATCH SET SCREWS. *TT
0342A0042003-12-15. Service bulletin. AFTER PULLING THE HATCH RELEASE LEVER AND EXITING THE VEHICLE, AIR PRESSURE FROM CLOSING THE DOOR MAY CAUSE THE LIFTGATE TO HALF-LATCH. THE LIFTGATE CAN THEN ONLY BE OPENED BY PULLING THE RELEASE LEVER AGAIN OR USING THE KEY IN THE LIFTGATE LOCK. *TT
0342A0012003-06-24. Service bulletin. CHANGES TO THE TRUNK LID LOCK RELEASE CABLE. *TT
TSB0042A0062000-09-26. Service bulletin. THIS BULLETIN SUMMARIZES THE INSIDE TRUNK LID LATCH RELEASE KIT. *TT