{"nhtsa_id":10170690,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2020-01-25","date":"2012-11-13","document_id":"TSB-12-13-005","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Some affected vehicles may display an illuminated MIL with DTC P0420: Warm Up Catalyst Efficiency Below Threshold, recorded in the ECM. An incorrect parameter in the judgment criteria may cause a false MIL (mis-detection of a fault when an abnormal condition is not present). This TSB provides dealers with a procedure to reprogram the ECM with new software to correct the condition.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10170690-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10170690-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10170690","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"software","name":"Software","parent":"electrical"}],"codes":["P0420"],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MITSUBISHI","model":"LANCER","year_from":2009,"year_to":2010,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2009_mitsubishi_lancer","2010_mitsubishi_lancer"]},{"make":"MITSUBISHI","model":"LANCER SPORTBACK","year_from":2010,"year_to":2010,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_mitsubishi_lancer-sportback"]},{"make":"MITSUBISHI","model":"OUTLANDER","year_from":2008,"year_to":2010,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2008_mitsubishi_outlander","2009_mitsubishi_outlander","2010_mitsubishi_outlander"]}],"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":[]}