Pontiac Starfire, Skyhawk, Monza. Published by Transport Canada as 1975069 on 9 July 1975. System: Other.
What the notice says On certain Monza 2+2, Skyhawk and Starfire vehicles, the strength of the conventional spare tire hold down "J" bolt may be inadequate in the event of a severe frontal collision. If such a collision occurs, the "J" bolt could straighten and the spare tire and wheel come loose and travel forward into the passenger area …
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.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1975069
- Recall date
- 9 July 1975
- Make
- Pontiac, Buick, Chevrolet
- Models
- Starfire, Skyhawk, Monza
- Model years
- 1975
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Other
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 7,240
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain Monza 2+2, Skyhawk and Starfire vehicles, the strength of the conventional spare tire hold down "J" bolt may be inadequate in the event of a severe frontal collision. If such a collision occurs, the "J" bolt could straighten and the spare tire and wheel come loose and travel forward into the passenger area of the vehicle, increasing the possibility of occupant injury. Vehicles produced with the space-saver spare tire are also being included in this campaign even though the space-saver spare tire is stored in a well in the body.
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 1975069.
Pontiac elsewhere in this register
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.
- 1975076 · 29 July 1975 · Lesabre, Riviera, Grand Ville · Not Entered
- 1975077 · 30 July 1975 · Bonneville, Grand Ville · Not Entered
- 1975054 · 27 May 1975 · Firebird, Apollo, Skylark · Not Entered
- 1975014 · 20 February 1975 · Sprint, Century, Monte Carlo · Not Entered
- 1975119 · 15 December 1975 · Monza, Astre, Sunbird · Fuel System
- 1975124 · 22 December 1975 · Eighty-Eight, Regal, Lemans · Brakes
- 1976024 · 17 February 1976 · Skyhawk, Sunbird, Monza · Brakes
- 1976050 · 12 April 1976 · Nova, Skylark, Omega · Not Entered
The same system: Other
398 notices in this register name Other. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1975009 · 2 April 1975 · Imperial · Other
- 1975008 · 3 February 1975 · Deville, Fleetwood Seventy-Five, Calais · Other
- 1975006 · 27 January 1975 · Xj12s · Other
- 1975101 · 1 January 1975 · W6 · Other
- 1978002 · 4 April 1978 · D100 · Other
- 1978113 · 18 October 1978 · B Series, L Series, F Series · Other
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Pontiac: 332 in the register, and 117 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1975.
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