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Service bulletin TSB0142A010

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 id625546
Published by NHTSA2001-11-28
Manufacturer's numberTSB0142A010
Manufacturer's date2001-08-01
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE

NHTSA's summary

THIS BULLETIN CONTAINS INSTRUCTIONS FOR ELIMINATING A POPPING NOISE FROM THE REAR HATCH AREA OF THE VEHICLE. *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

Body and frame

Vehicles listed
MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002

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

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