Gmc P Series. Published by Transport Canada as 1978118 on 23 October 1978. System: Fuel System.
What the notice says Certain P30 vehicles were stored in direct sunlight with temperature high enough to melt the fusible fuel tank vent plug (prior to body installation). This plug is designed to melt and vent the fuel tank whenever the tank is subjected to excessive heat and/or pressure.
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
- 1978118
- Recall date
- 23 October 1978
- Make
- GMC, Chevrolet
- Models
- P Series
- Model years
- 1977 to 1978
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Fuel System
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 89
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Certain P30 vehicles were stored in direct sunlight with temperature high enough to melt the fusible fuel tank vent plug (prior to body installation). This plug is designed to melt and vent the fuel tank whenever the tank is subjected to excessive heat and/or pressure.
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 1978118.
GMC elsewhere in this register
GMC is named on 561 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1978127 · 1 November 1978 · Te60, Te65 · Not Entered
- 1978132 · 23 November 1978 · Astro, Titan · Not Entered
- 1978078 · 22 August 1978 · K Series, C Series · Wheels
- 1978069 · 14 August 1978 · Bison, General, Titan · Lights And Instruments
- 1978060 · 13 July 1978 · J7500, M6500, C6500 · Brakes
- 1978058 · 12 July 1978 · P Series · Lights And Instruments
- 1978026 · 10 May 1978 · C Series · Suspension
- 1978015 · 27 April 1978 · G Series · Fuel System
The same system: Fuel System
866 notices in this register name Fuel System. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1978062 · 24 July 1978 · 200 Series · Fuel System
- 1978025 · 9 May 1978 · M5, M3, M4 · Fuel System
- 1978015 · 27 April 1978 · G Series · Fuel System
- 1979034 · 21 February 1979 · GL, DL · Fuel System
- 1979048 · 16 March 1979 · 200 Series · Fuel System
- 1979049 · 16 March 1979 · 200 Series · Fuel System
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 GMC: 561 in the register, and 150 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1978.
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