{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Canadian recall 2016254 (Mitsubishi), 2006 to 2007: Airbag",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-2016254/",
  "summary": "Transport Canada recall 2016254, MITSUBISHI LANCER, 2016-05-25. On certain vehicles, long-term exposure to high absolute humidity and temperature, combined.",
  "excerpt": "Mitsubishi Lancer. Published by Transport Canada as 2016254 on 25 May 2016. System: Airbag. What the notice says On certain vehicles, long-term exposure to high absolute humidity and temperature, combined with high temperature cycling, could eventually degrade the propellant contained in the passenger frontal airbag. This could cause the airbag to deploy with more force than normal. As a result, if the vehicle were involved in a … 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. Transport Canada carries this recall as 2016254 , dated 25 May 2016. The American register carries the same defect as campaign 16V334 , dated 23 May 2016. They are the same defect because the manufacturer filed both under one internal campaign code, SR16002 . Number 2016254 16V334 Dated 25 May 2016 23 May 2016 Register Transport Canada NHTSA The two registers are 2 days apart : the American entry is dated first, the Canadian one second. These are the dates each register records against its own notice. They are separate administrative acts in two countries, recorded by two authorities under two sets of rules, and this page does not claim that one caused the other or that owners in either country were contacted on those days. What it shows is that the same manufacturer campaign reached the ",
  "register": {
    "authority": "Transport Canada",
    "country": "Canada",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T10:23:59+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T14:45:46+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Canadian recall 2016254 (Mitsubishi), 2006 to 2007: Airbag\", https://carsmultiverse.com/canada/recall-2016254/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}