2012 Mitsubishi I-Miev Recall: Brake system vacuum pump may fail, causing the vacuum pump to be inoperable

NHTSA campaign 13V031000 · Service Brakes · filed Jan 25, 2013 · verified Jul 30, 2026

Units reported

Manufacturer

Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.

Risk

Crash / injury

Owner letters

Mailing began Feb 28, 2013

The defect

Mitsubishi Motors North America is recalling certain model year 2012 i-MiEV electric vehicles manufactured December 2, 2011, through September 7, 2012. The brake system vacuum pump may fail, causing the vacuum pump to be inoperable.

The risk

If the vaccum pump system fails, it will reduce available brake power which would result in lengthened stopping distances, which may increase the risk of a vehicle crash.

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The fix — what to do

Mitsubishi will notify owners, and dealers will replace the affected vacuum pumps free of charge. The recall began on February 28, 2013. Owners may contact Mitsubishi at 1-888-648-7820.

Mitsubisihi's campaign recall number is SR-13-001. Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

Affected vehicles

Make	Model	Model years
Mitsubishi	I-Miev	2012

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Source: NHTSA recall database, campaign 13V031000 (manufacturer number SR-13-001). Data last verified Jul 30, 2026.