Pontiac Sunbird, Skyhawk. Published by Transport Canada as 1979116 on 5 July 1979. System: Not Entered.
What the notice says Vehicles equipped with v6 engines. the carburetor fuel feed hose may be improperly routed and may result in the hose contacting the exhaust gas recirculation valve. it is possible for the hose to rupture and leak fuel possibly causing a vehicle fire.
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
- 1979116
- Recall date
- 5 July 1979
- Make
- Pontiac, Buick
- Models
- Sunbird, Skyhawk
- Model years
- 1979
- Vehicle class
- Car
- Vehicles affected
- 4,659
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH V6 ENGINES. THE CARBURETOR FUEL FEED HOSE MAY BE IMPROPERLY ROUTED AND MAY RESULT IN THE HOSE CONTACTING THE EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE. IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THE HOSE TO RUPTURE AND LEAK FUEL POSSIBLY CAUSING A VEHICLE FIRE.
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 1979116.
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.
- 1979115 · 5 July 1979 · Estate Wagon, Safari, Grand Safari · Not Entered
- 1979103 · 12 July 1979 · Sunbird, Skyhawk, Monza · Not Entered
- 1979104 · 14 July 1979 · Regal, El Camino, Monte Carlo · Electrical
- 1979123 · 18 July 1979 · Regal, Lemans, Cutlass · Not Entered
- 1979146 · 12 September 1979 · Cutlass, Grand Prix · Not Entered
- 1979161 · 26 September 1979 · Skylark, Phoenix, Omega · Not Entered
- 1979162 · 26 September 1979 · Skylark, Omega, Phoenix · Not Entered
- 1979072 · 20 April 1979 · Sunbird, Monza · 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.
- 1979115 · 5 July 1979 · Estate Wagon, Safari, Grand Safari · Not Entered
- 1979114 · 3 July 1979 · Capri, Capri Ii · Not Entered
- 1979117 · 10 July 1979 · Riviera · Not Entered
- 1979103 · 12 July 1979 · Sunbird, Skyhawk, Monza · Not Entered
- 1979121 · 12 July 1979 · RS, RM, F · Not Entered
- 1979118 · 12 July 1979 · R · 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 Pontiac: 332 in the register, and 209 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1979.
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