{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 1979050 (Volvo), 1977: Fuel System",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1979050/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 1979050, VOLVO 200 SERIES, 1979-03-16. Certain Volvo 242, 244, 245, 264 and 265 may have a defective fuel tank pressure control valve.",
  "excerpt": "Volvo 200 Series. Published by Transport Canada as 1979050 on 16 March 1979. System: Fuel System. What the notice says Certain Volvo 242, 244, 245, 264 and 265 may have a defective fuel tank pressure control valve that could allow excess pressure to build up in the fuel tank possibly causing hairline cracks in the tank. Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada , 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. Certain Volvo 242, 244, 245, 264 and 265 may have a defective fuel tank pressure control valve that could allow excess pressure to build up in the fuel tank possibly causing hairline cracks in the tank. The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1979050 . The Canadian register on this site Volvo is named on 312 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time. 1979048 · 16 March 1979 · 200 Series · Fuel System 1979049 · 16 March 1979 · 200 Series · Fuel System 1979051 · 16 March 1979 · 200 Series · Fuel System 1979083 · 10 May 1979 · 200 Series · Fuel System 1979112 · 29 June 1979 · 100 Series, 200 Series · Fuel System 19780",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T14:27:33+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T14:27:33+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 1979050 (Volvo), 1977: Fuel System\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1979050/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}