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Service bulletin TSB0117001

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 id619840
Published by NHTSA2001-07-02
Manufacturer's numberTSB0117001
Manufacturer's date2001-03-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

NHTSA's summary

SOME AFFECTED VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A SINGLE SHIFT FLARE WHEN UPSHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR AFTER WARM ENGINE RESTART. *TT

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

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Transmission control module

Vehicles listed
MITSUBISHI MONTERO2001
MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT1999, 2000, 2001

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
99V0410001999-03-04. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
1372007-06-18. Service bulletin. REPROGRAMMING THE PCM DRIVABILITY OR SENSITIVITY ISSUES CAN BE CORRECTED. *KB
060120042005-05-02. Service bulletin. RWD/4WD LIGHT BLINKS. *EH
03230052003-12-30. Service bulletin. SHIFT FLARE DURING THE 2ND-TO-3RD GEAR UPSHIFT MAY BE DUE TO LEARNED DATA IN THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM). *TT
03230062003-12-15. Service bulletin. TORQUE CONVERTER SHUDDER, SURGE, AND/OR VIBRATION (POSSIBLY INTERMITTENT) WHEN DRIVING 35-50 MPH AT STEADY THROTTLE. *TT
SC010012002-02-06. Service bulletin. SUBJECT ON AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION COOLER CRACKING. *JB
0110012002-02-06. Service bulletin. INFORMATION ON 2-3 SHIFT FLARE, REPROGRAMMING THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE. *JB
0123007REV2002-02-05. Service bulletin. SUBJECT REGARDING POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE REPROGRAMMING FOR 2-3 SHIFT FLARE. *JB
SC010012001-12-12. Service bulletin. ON SOME VEHICLES, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION COOLING PLATES IN THE COOLER COULD CRACK, CAUSING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID TO ENTER THE RADIATOR AND / OR COOLANT TO ENTER THE TRANSMISSION. *TT
272001-10-18. Service bulletin. BRIEF INFORMATION CONCERNING TORQUE CONVERTER VIBRATION / SHUDDER. *TT
232001-10-18. Service bulletin. FUEL CUT ACTIVATION IN 2WD. *TT