{"nhtsa_id":10004450,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2003-12-15","date":"2003-10-01","document_id":"0342A004","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK","mfr_system":null,"summary":"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","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10004450","components":[{"id":"latches-locks","name":"Latches and locks","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MITSUBISHI","model":"ECLIPSE","year_from":2000,"year_to":2003,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2000_mitsubishi_eclipse","2001_mitsubishi_eclipse","2002_mitsubishi_eclipse","2003_mitsubishi_eclipse"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}