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Service bulletin TSB0233001

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 id635121
Published by NHTSA2002-10-18
Manufacturer's numberTSB0233001
Manufacturer's date2002-06-01
ReplacesTSB0233001
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM

NHTSA's summary

SUBJECT REGARDING BALL JOINT END PLAY CHECK PROCEDURES - SERVICE MANUAL REVISION. *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

Suspension, Control arm

Vehicles listed
MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE2000, 2001, 2002
MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE SPYDER2001, 2002 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
MITSUBISHI GALANT1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
MITSUBISHI LANCER2002
MITSUBISHI MIRAGE1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
MITSUBISHI MONTERO2001, 2002

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
16V4580002016-06-23. SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM

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
05340022005-11-18. Service bulletin. REAR LOWER ARM PILLOW BALL BUSHING REPLACEMENT - SERVICE MANUAL REVISION. *TT
04330012004-03-09. Service bulletin. THIS BULLETIN CONTAINS CORRECTED PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING BALL JOINT DUST COVERS AND INNER RETAINERS DURING TIE ROD END BALL JOINT AND FRONT AND REAR SUSPENSION UPPER ARM BALL JOINT REMOVAL. *TT