{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 1985049 (Pontiac and 4 more), 1978 to 1982: Brakes",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1985049/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 1985049, PONTIAC, CHEVROLET, BUICK, GMC, OLDSMOBILE LEMANS, EL CAMINO, MONTE CA, 1985-04-29. On certain vehicles, excessive.",
  "excerpt": "Pontiac Lemans, El Camino, Monte Carlo, Century, Grand Prix, Malibu. Published by Transport Canada as 1985049 on 29 April 1985. System: Brakes. What the notice says On certain vehicles, excessive enlargement of a pilot hole in the rear backing plate could allow the wheel cylinder to rotate possibly leading to loss of rear braking action. 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. On certain vehicles, excessive enlargement of a pilot hole in the rear backing plate could allow the wheel cylinder to rotate possibly leading to loss of rear braking action. 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 1985049 . The Canadian register on this site Pontiac is named on 332 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time. 1985039 · 17 April 1985 · Sunbird, Cavalier · Not Entered 1985061 · 14 May 1985 · Grand Am · Not Entered 1985032 · 29 March 1985 · Omega, Phoenix, Citation · Not Entered 1985023 · 19 February 1985 · Trans Am · Not Entered 1985008 · 11 January 1985 · Monte Carlo, Malibu, Lemans",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T14:26:10+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T14:26:10+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 1985049 (Pontiac and 4 more), 1978 to 1982: Brakes\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1985049/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}