Pontiac Lemans, Grand Am, Monte Carlo, Malibu. Published by Transport Canada as 1978035 on 25 May 1978. System: Not Entered.
What the notice says Vehicles equipped with front bench seats. vehicles have been equipped with incorrect front seat head restraints which do not comply with federal safety standard 201 - occupant protection. the incorrect head restraints can increase the possibility of head injury to rear seat passengers in the event of a vehicle crash.
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
- 1978035
- Recall date
- 25 May 1978
- Make
- Pontiac, Chevrolet
- Models
- Lemans, Grand Am, Monte Carlo, Malibu
- Model years
- 1978
- Vehicle class
- Car
- Vehicles affected
- 2,158
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH FRONT BENCH SEATS. VEHICLES HAVE BEEN EQUIPPED WITH INCORRECT FRONT SEAT HEAD RESTRAINTS WHICH DO NOT COMPLY WITH FEDERAL SAFETY STANDARD 201 - OCCUPANT PROTECTION. THE INCORRECT HEAD RESTRAINTS CAN INCREASE THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAD INJURY TO REAR SEAT PASSENGERS IN THE EVENT OF A VEHICLE CRASH.
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, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1978035.
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.
- 1978040 · 12 June 1978 · Grand Prix, Cutlass, Century · Not Entered
- 1978045 · 22 June 1978 · Phoenix, Eighty-Eight, Omega · Not Entered
- 1978070 · 14 August 1978 · Parisienne, Bel Air, Impala · Not Entered
- 1977153 · 7 February 1978 · Monza, Skyhawk, Sunbird · Steering
- 1978128 · 17 November 1978 · Chevette, Acadian · Not Entered
- 1977097 · 7 November 1977 · Lemans, Monte Carlo, Malibu · Not Entered
- 1979012 · 17 January 1979 · Parisienne, Bel Air, Impala · Not Entered
- 1977067 · 28 September 1977 · Skylark, Nova, Omega · Not Entered
The same system: Not Entered
882 notices in this register name Not Entered. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1978033 · 19 May 1978 · C.o.e. · Not Entered
- 1978030 · 18 May 1978 · Tank Trailer · Not Entered
- 1978031 · 18 May 1978 · Trailer · Not Entered
- 1978032 · 18 May 1978 · Cougar, Thunderbird, Ltd Ii · Not Entered
- 1978028 · 12 May 1978 · Scout Ii · Not Entered
- 1978029 · 12 May 1978 · C.o.e., Conventional · Not Entered
Reading this against the source
This page is what Transport Canada published in the Vehicle Recalls Database, kept as it was read. The authority publishes only its current wording; if a notice is rewritten, the earlier version disappears there and is kept here. The whole register is at /canada, and how the reading is done is set out in the method.
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 notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Chevrolet Malibu, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
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 150 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1978.
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