{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 1989144 (Pontiac and 1 more), 1990: Lights And Instruments",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1989144/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 1989144, PONTIAC, CHEVROLET SUNBIRD, CAVALIER, 1989-10-16. ON VEHICLES WITH \"DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS\" (D.R.L.), THE D.R.L. MODULE.",
  "excerpt": "Pontiac Sunbird, Cavalier. Published by Transport Canada as 1989144 on 16 October 1989. System: Lights And Instruments. What the notice says On vehicles with \"daytime running lights\" (d.r.l.), the d.r.l. module, which is located near the battery, can overheat, resulting in an engine compartment fire. correction: a non-functional module, which will render the d.r.l.'s inoperative but allow normal use of the vehicle's lighting system, will be installed … 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 VEHICLES WITH \"DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS\" (D.R.L.), THE D.R.L. MODULE, WHICH IS LOCATED NEAR THE BATTERY, CAN OVERHEAT, RESULTING IN AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. CORRECTION: A NON-FUNCTIONAL MODULE, WHICH WILL RENDER THE D.R.L.'S INOPERATIVE BUT ALLOW NORMAL USE OF THE VEHICLE'S LIGHTING SYSTEM, WILL BE INSTALLED UNTIL FUNCTIONAL MODULES BECOME AVAILABLE, AT WHICH TIME THIS RECALL WILL BE REISSUED TO HAVE THE D.R.L. SYSTEM UPGRADED. 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 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, us",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T14:18:51+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T14:18:51+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 1989144 (Pontiac and 1 more), 1990: Lights And Instruments\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-1989144/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}