{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 1988040 (Pontiac and 1 more), 1987 to 1988: Structure",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1988040/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 1988040, PONTIAC, CHEVROLET TEMPEST, BERETTA, CORSICA, 1988-03-17. THE SECONDARY HOOD LATCH MAY NOT BE PROPERLY ADJUSTED WHICH COULD.",
  "excerpt": "Pontiac Tempest, Beretta, Corsica. Published by Transport Canada as 1988040 on 17 March 1988. System: Structure. What the notice says The secondary hood latch may not be properly adjusted which could result in the secondary latch becoming bent. a bent secondary latch could contact the primary latch return spring predisposing it to disengage. if the secondary latch was not properly engaged and the primary latch were to disengage while the vehicle was … 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. THE SECONDARY HOOD LATCH MAY NOT BE PROPERLY ADJUSTED WHICH COULD RESULT IN THE SECONDARY LATCH BECOMING BENT. A BENT SECONDARY LATCH COULD CONTACT THE PRIMARY LATCH RETURN SPRING PREDISPOSING IT TO DISENGAGE. IF THE SECONDARY LATCH WAS NOT PROPERLY ENGAGED AND THE PRIMARY LATCH WERE TO DISENGAGE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, THE HOOD COULD UNEXPECTEDLY FLY OPEN AND OBSTRUCT THE DRIVER'S VISION. THIS COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. CORRECTION: SECONDARY LATCH WILL BE INSPECTED FOR PROPER ADJUSTMENT AND ALL BENT LATCHES WILL BE REPLACED. Transport Canada recorded this notice in capitals, as its system did for many years. It is reproduced here exactly as published. The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this ",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T14:12:50+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T14:12:50+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 1988040 (Pontiac and 1 more), 1987 to 1988: Structure\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1988040/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}