# NHTSA recall 15V579000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 15V579000
- Manufacturer's number: SR\-15\-010
- Manufacturer: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
- Reported: 2015\-09\-21
- Owners notified: 2015\-10\-08
- Component: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
- Units potentially affected: 2

## What is wrong

Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. \(Mitsubishi\) is recalling certain model year 2011 Outlander Sport vehicles manufactured on December 3, 2010.  The affected vehicles are equipped with incorrect certification labels that were installed during manufacturing.  The incorrect labels do not have the correct vehicle identification numbers \(VIN\) printed on the label.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of 49 CFR Part 567, "Certification."


## What can happen

A vehicle must comply with all regulatory requirements to ensure that it is safe.


## The remedy

Mitsubishi will notify owners, and dealers will install corrected certification labels, free of charge.  The recall began on October 8, 2015.  Owners may contact Mitsubishi customer service at 1\-888\-648\-7820.  Mitsubishi's number for this recall is SR\-15\-010.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 4, for 2016 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2016\-10\-28
- Vehicles in the campaign: 2
- Reported remedied: 2 \(100%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 quarter 3, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2011 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT](/makes/mitsubishi/outlander-sport/2011/recalls.md). Built 2010\-12\-03 to 2010\-12\-03.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [DEALER LETTER](/bulletins/10240443.md), 2023-08-04, Service bulletin
- [TSB\-23\-00\-001](/bulletins/10235608.md), 2023-05-04, Service bulletin
- [DEALER LETTER](/bulletins/10235606.md), 2023-05-04, Service bulletin
- [TSB\-23\-33\-001](/bulletins/10231422.md), 2023-02-07, Service bulletin
- [TSB\-22\-52A\-001RE](/bulletins/10207798.md), 2022-02-08, Service bulletin
- [TIN\-20\-SR\-003REV](/bulletins/10181898.md), 2020-11-02, Service bulletin
- [SR\-20\-003REV\_2](/bulletins/10180973.md), 2020-10-08, Service bulletin
- [TIN\-20\-SR\-003REV](/bulletins/10180972.md), 2020-10-08, Service bulletin
- [TIN\-20\-SR\-003REV](/bulletins/10179680.md), 2020-09-14, Service bulletin
- [SR\-20\-003REV\_2](/bulletins/10179679.md), 2020-09-14, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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