Cadillac Fleetwood, Deville. Published by Transport Canada as 1978082 on 29 August 1978. System: Not Entered.
What the notice says Paper or other combustible materials placed in the instrument panel ash tray receptable could be ignited byu a person placing lighted materials in the ash tray. in the event of this material catching fire, the flames could reach the interior of the instrument panel where the fire would be difficult to extinguish …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1978082
- Recall date
- 29 August 1978
- Make
- Cadillac
- Models
- Fleetwood, Deville
- Model years
- 1977 to 1978
- Vehicle class
- Car
- Vehicles affected
- 9,673
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
PAPER OR OTHER COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS PLACED IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ASH TRAY RECEPTABLE COULD BE IGNITED BYU A PERSON PLACING LIGHTED MATERIALS IN THE ASH TRAY. IN THE EVENT OF THIS MATERIAL CATCHING FIRE, THE FLAMES COULD REACH THE INTERIOR OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WHERE THE FIRE WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO EXTINGUISH WITHOUT WATER OR AN EXTINGUISHER.
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 1978082.
Cadillac elsewhere in this register
Cadillac is named on 228 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1978063 · 25 July 1978 · Sixty-Two, Deville · Steering
- 1978131 · 21 November 1978 · Toronado, Eldorado · Not Entered
- 1979006 · 10 January 1979 · Riviera, Eldorado, Toronado · Not Entered
- 1979079 · 30 May 1979 · Deville, Fleetwood · Not Entered
- 1977087 · 24 October 1977 · Seville, Fleetwood Seventy-Five, Deville · Fuel System
- 1979141 · 7 September 1979 · Seville · Not Entered
- 1979187 · 9 November 1979 · Caprice, Eighty-Eight, Catalina · Not Entered
- 1977016 · 17 May 1977 · Malibu, Fleetwood Brougham, Bel Air · 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.
- 1978100 · 28 September 1978 · Semi-Trailer · Not Entered
- 1978059 · 12 July 1978 · Semi Dump Trailer · Not Entered
- 1978057 · 7 July 1978 · Pinto, Bobcat · Not Entered
- 1978054 · 5 July 1978 · A2hd · Not Entered
- 1978055 · 5 July 1978 · Marina · Not Entered
- 1978101 · 2 October 1978 · Road Xpeditor 2, Road Comm. Ii, Road Boss Ii · 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 register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Cadillac: 228 in the register, and 150 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1978.
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