Mitsubishi is recalling certain models of the 2007-2008 Outlander passenger vehicles originally sold in or currently registered in the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia. For vehicles without an electric power seat, the floor harness connector for the power seat is placed directly on the floorboard underneath the carpeting (vehicles with power seats already have the harness elevated). If a vehicle occupant enters with a sufficient amount of snow on their feet containing road salt, it is possible for the melted snow mixture to soak the carpet and allow the salt water solution to come into contact with the unused power seat harness connector.

The connector terminal may corrode and allow current to flow. Resulting in the gradual heating and melting of the connector and may result in a fire.

Dealers will relocate the floor harness from beneath both the passenger and driver seats to above the carpet and away from the bottom of the floor board to prevent contact with any future melt solution. The recall began on April 7, 2008. Owners may contact Mitsubishi at 1-800-222-0037.

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Volvo is recalling certain models of the 2008 XC90 and S80 vehicles equipped with V8 engines. These vehicles may have been built with incorrect bolts to the engine mount.

The aluminum bracket for the engine mount could break due to lack of adequate clamping force. This could cause the engine to come in contact with the sub frame, ultimately resulting in a reduced engine torque or stalling of the engine without prior warning, increasing the risk of a crash.

Dealers will inspect the engine mount bolts for specific markings. If any of the bolts contain the incorrect markings, the bracket and bolts will be replaced. All owners have been contacted and arrangements have been made to repair the vehicles.

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General Motors is recalling certain models of the 2008 Saturn Vue equipped with a 6t70 6 speed automatic transmission. Some of these vehicles have a condition in which the transmission case side bore that holds the park pawl pivot pin may have a casting porosity. This condition, coupled with normal operating stresses, could lead to failure, eliminating the ability to secure the transmission in “park” position.

If this happens while the vehicle is parked on a non level surface, the vehicle could roll without warning and cause injury to people in its path. Dealers will replace the transmission free of charge. The recall began on May 5, 2008. Owners may contact Saturn at 1-800-972-8876.

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Chrysler is recalling certain models of the 2007-2008 Jeep Wrangler, right hand drive only, vehicles. Some vehicles may have insufficient clearance between the steering intermediate shaft and rear brake tubes.

Prolonged brake tube contact could wear a hole in the tube and cause a partial brake system loss. This could cause a crash without warning.

Dealers will install a revised brake tube clip to retain the tubes, inspect the brake tubes for damage due to potential contact with the steering intermediate shaft, and replace the brake tubes if necessary. The manufacturer has not yet provided an owner notification schedule for this campaign. Owners may contact Chrysler at 1-800-853-1403.

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Toyota is recalling certain models of the 2008 Highlander and Highlander Hybrid passenger vehicles equipped with a third row seat. These vehicles fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard NO. 208, “Occupant Crash protection”. The non driver designated seating positions (DSP) on these vehicles is equipped with seat belt assemblies that have a feature that converts the retractor from a emergency locking retractor (ELR) to a automatic locking retractor (ALR). The belts covert to the ALR mode after the webbing has been fully withdrawn from the retractor. The system is designed so that as the belt is released into the retactor, the system remains in the ALR mode so that a child restraint system (CRS) can be tightly secured.

However, for the two third row DSP’s on these vehicles, the ALR mode deactivates before the webbing is fully retracted, so that it will not lock when certain rear facing CRS’S that have a short seat belt routing path are installed in the vehicle. This can allow the seat belt webbing to spool out during normal driving maneuvers, which could affect the stability of a child restraint installed at thos seating positions. As such, this could discourage the use of a child restraint and in the event of a crash, the child may not be adequately protected possibly resulting in injury.

Dealers will install a newly designed seat belt component free of charge. The manufacturer has not yet provided an owner notification schedule for this campaign. owners may contact Toyota at 1-800-331-4331.

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Volvo is recalling certain 2008 v50 passenger vehicles equipped with roof rails. Bolts have been found to be out of specification. This has caused less tread length on the bolts which in turn has lead to insufficient clamping force in the joint due to the washer getting stuck when tightening the bolts.

When carrying roof cargo, the rails may come loose during heavy braking and/or sudden stops increasing the possibility of a crash. Due to the limited number of vehicles involved, owners have been notified and will have the roof rail boplts replaced free of charge. Owners may contact Volvo at 1-800-458-1552.

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