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Defect is left for as many as 12 years because not recognized trouble


Mitsubishi Motors recalls 60,000 RVR cars


By JCPRESS

Mitsubishi Motors delivered to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport recalling 60,482 totals of "RVR series" and "Shario" of the estate car on December 7.

Because the accident might occur due to the decrease in the braking power of a left front wheel brake.

The first accident occurred in August, 1998. Moreover, the staff at the factory in Okayama Prefecture was reporting on trouble to the headquarters from November through December of 1992.

The Public Relations Department of Mitsubishi Motors speaks leaving and the concealment of the defect, "In the judgment at that time, our company was not recognizing trouble".


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