SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
				WASHINGTON, DC 20549
				______________________

				    FORM 10-K


 ? ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
  EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001

                                        OR

  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
  SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _____________ to _________________


			Commission file number 333-65052

			MMCA Auto Owner Trust 2001-3
			MMCA Auto Receivables Trust
		(Originator of the MMCA Auto Owner Trust 2001-3)
		(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


             Delaware                                   33 - 0869011
    (State or other jurisdiction                       (IRS Employer
of incorporation or organization)                     Identification No.)


           6363 Katella Avenue
          Cypress, California                           90630-5205
(Address of principal executive offices)                (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code:     (714) 236-1614

Securities registered pursuant to Section
 12(b) of the Act:                                       None.

Securities registered pursuant to Section
12(g) of the Act:                                        None.


	Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all
reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter
period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has
been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes  X  No.

	Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant
to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be
contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or
information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form
10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ?


	State the aggregate market value of the voting stock held by
non-affiliates of the registrant:  None.

	Indicate the number of share outstanding of the registrant's
classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:  None.

	Documents incorporated by reference:  None.


PART I

Item 1.		Business

Not applicable.


Item 2.		Properties

MMCA Auto Owner Trust 2001-3 (the "Trust") was formed on October 1, 2001
pursuant to a Trust Agreement (the "Trust Agreement"), dated as of
October 1, 2001, between MMCA Auto Receivables Trust, as depositor
("MART"), and Wilmington Trust Company, as owner trustee.  Pursuant to the
Trust Agreement, the Trust issued certificates evidencing an interest in
the trust property (the "Certificates").  The Certificates are held by MMCA
Auto Receivables Trust and Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America, Inc.

Pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2001, between the
Trust, as issuer, and Bank of Tokyo - Mitsubishi Trust Company, as indenture
trustee (the "Indenture Trustee"), the Trust issued asset-backed notes
(the "Notes").  The Notes consist of five classes (the "2.4700% Class A-1
Asset Backed Notes," "1-Month LIBOR + 0.18% Class A-2 Asset Backed Notes,"
"1-Month LIBOR + 0.25% Class A-3 Asset Backed Notes", "1-Month LIBOR + 0.30%
Class A-4 Asset Backed Notes", and "1-Month LIBOR + 0.95% Class B Asset
Backed Notes). The 2.4700% Class A-1 Asset Backed Notes, 1-Month
LIBOR + 0.18% Class A-2 Asset Backed Notes, 1-Month LIBOR + 0.25% Class A-3
Asset Backed Notes, 1-Month LIBOR + 0.30% Class A-4 Asset Backed Notes,
and 1-Month LIBOR + 0.95% Class B Asset Backed Notes were registered
and publicly offered and sold.

The assets of the Trust primarily include a pool of motor vehicle retail
installment sale contracts originated by Mitsubishi Motors Credit of
America, Inc. ("MMCA") and secured by new and used motor vehicles and
light- and medium-duty trucks.  The Trust's business activities include
acquiring and holding the assets of the Trust, issuing the Notes, the
Certificates and the Final Payment Certificate and distributing payments
on the Notes, the Certificates and the Final Payment Certificate.

Pursuant to a Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2001,
among the Trust, as issuer, MART, as seller, and MMCA, as servicer, MMCA
administers and services the Trust's pool of motor vehicle retail
installment contracts.



Item 2.		Properties (continued)

The following tables set forth the delinquency experience with respect to
the level payments due each month on the Trust's motor vehicle retail
installment sale contracts but does not include the delinquency experience
with respect to balloon payments due at the end of the term of the
Trust's contracts which provide for such payments.  The period of
delinquency is based on the number of days for which more than 10% of a
level payment is contractually past due, and the delinquency rate as a
percentage of the balance outstanding represents delinquent dollars as
a percentage of dollars outstanding.







					December 31, 2001



				Contracts 		Balances
							of Receivables
Delinquent Contracts:
	(i) 30-59 Days		3,269 			$70,006,974.21
	(ii) 60-89 Days		873 			$18,435,696.08
	(iii) 90 Days or More	415 			$8,818,284.12




					December 31, 2001




				% of Contracts		% of Balance
				Outstanding 		Outstanding

Delinquency Rates:
  (i) 30-59 Days Delinquent	4.74% 			4.67%
 (ii) 60-89 Days Delinquent	1.27% 			1.23%
(iii) 90 Days or More Delinq	0.60% 			0.59%


The following table sets forth the net loss experience with respect to the
payments due each month on the Trust's motor vehicle retail installment sale
contracts, including contracts that provide for balloon payments at the end
of the terms of such contracts.



					December 31, 2001




				Contracts		Amount
Aggregate Net Losses		74 			$1,397,670.47




Item 3.		Legal Proceedings

There is nothing to report with regard to this item.


Item 4.		Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

There is nothing to report with regard to this item.


PART II

Item 5.		Market for the Registrant's Common Equity and Related
		Stockholder Matters

The holder of record of all the Notes as of December 31, 2001 was Cede & Co.,
the nominee of The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") in the United States.
An investor holding Notes is not entitled to receive a certificate
representing such Notes except in limited circumstances.  Accordingly,
Cede & Co. is the sole holder of record of the Notes, which it holds on
behalf of brokers, dealers, banks and other participants in the DTC system.
Such participants may hold Notes for their own accounts or for the accounts
of their customers.  The address of Cede & Co. is:

			Cede & Co.
			c/o The Depository Trust Company
			Seven Hanover Square
			New York, New York 10004

The holder of record of all of the Certificates as of December 31, 2001
was MMCA Auto Receivables Trust.


Item 6.		Selected Financial Data

Not applicable.


Item 7.		Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
		and Results of Operations

Not applicable.


Item 7A.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Not applicable.


Item 8.		Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Not applicable.


Item 9.		Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting
		and Financial Disclosure

There is nothing to report with regard to this item.


PART III

Item 10.	Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant

Not applicable.


Item 11 	Executive Compensation

Not applicable.


Item 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

There is nothing to report with regard to this item.


Item 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

There is nothing to report with regard to this item.


PART IV

Item 14.	Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on
		Form 8-K

	(a)	1.	Not applicable.
		2.	Not applicable.
		3.	Exhibits:
99.1 Annual Statement as to Compliance.
			99.2 Annual Independent Public Accountant's Servicing
			Report.

	(b)	Reports on Form 8-K.

The Registrant has filed Current Reports on Form 8-K with the Securities and
Exchange Commission dated November 8, 2001, December 7, 2001, and
January 9, 2002.

	(c)	See (a) 3 above.

	(d)	Not applicable.



 	SIGNATURES

	Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
	Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

					MMCA AUTO OWNER TRUST 2001-3

					BY:  MMCA AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST


Date: March 29, 2002			By:   /s/ Hideyuki Kitamura
       						Hideyuki Kitamura
					        Exec. V.P., Finance & Corporate Planning


	SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED WITH REPORTS FILED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE ACT BY REGISTRANTS WHICH HAVE NOT
REGISTERED SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE ACT.

	No annual report, proxy statement, form of proxy or other
soliciting material has been sent to holders of the Notes during the period
covered by this report and the registrant does not intend to furnish such
materials to holders of the Notes subsequent to the filing of this report.