What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1980113
- Recall date
- 20 September 1980
- Make
- Oldsmobile
- Models
- Cutlass, Delta 88, Omega
- Model years
- 1977
- Vehicle class
- Car
- Vehicles affected
- 4,722
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 260 C.I.D. ENGINES. ENGINES MAY ACCUMULATE CARBON DEPOSITS IN THE EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION (EGR) PORTS OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. THIS CONDITION RESTRICTS EXHAUST GAS FLOW AND MAY CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO EMIT EXHAUST GAS POLLUTANTS IN EXCESS OF LEVELS REQUIRED BY CANADA MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD 1103 - EXHAUST EMISSIONS.
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 1980113.