Mitsubishi Lithium-Ion Battery, model year 9999. Filed by Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 7 June 2013. 2 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (Mitsubishi) is recalling certain replacement lithium-ion batteries installed on certain 2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV vehicles. The batteries were manufactured December 18, 2012, through December 21, 2012. The batteries may have internal contamination possibly causing reduced voltage. …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Mitsubishi's own number for this recall: SR-13-006. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 13E031 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 13E031 cover?
- Mitsubishi Lithium-Ion Battery.
- What is wrong with them?
- Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (Mitsubishi) is recalling certain replacement lithium-ion batteries installed on certain 2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV vehicles. The batteries were manufactured December 18, 2012, through December 21, 2012.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Internal contamination of the battery may cause reduced voltage resulting in a stall-like condition, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Mitsubishi will notify the owners instructing them to take their vehicle to a dealer where the batteries will be replaced free of charge. The recall began on June 14, 2013. Owners may contact Mitsubishi at 1-800-222-0307. Mitsubishi's recall number is SR-13-006.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Mitsubishi calls this recall SR-13-006, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “Internal contamination of the battery may cause reduced voltage resulting in a stall-like condition, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 13E031 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. |
| System at fault | Electrical System:12v/24v/48v Battery |
| Reported to NHTSA | 7 June 2013 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | MITSUBISHI LITHIUM-ION BATTERY |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Internal contamination of the battery may cause reduced voltage resulting in a stall-like condition, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Mitsubishi will notify the owners instructing them to take their vehicle to a dealer where the batteries will be replaced free of charge. The recall began on June 14, 2013. Owners may contact Mitsubishi at 1-800-222-0307. Mitsubishi's recall number is SR-13-006.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 1,836 notices in the record whose component field names electrical system. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 41 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 13E031, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/13e031/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
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6156eef6 - Consequence
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