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Transport Canada carries this recall as 1982090, dated 17 November 1982. The American register carries the same defect as campaign 24V535, dated 17 July 2024. They are the same defect because the manufacturer filed both under one internal campaign code, 3A03.

 CanadaUnited States
Number198209024V535
Dated17 November 198217 July 2024
RegisterTransport CanadaNHTSA
MakeBuick

The two registers are 15,218 days apart: the Canadian entry is dated first, the American one second.

These are the dates each register records against its own notice. They are separate administrative acts in two countries, recorded by two authorities under two sets of rules, and this page does not claim that one caused the other or that owners in either country were contacted on those days. What it shows is that the same manufacturer campaign reached the two registers on different dates.

Read the American notice 24V535, including every earlier version of its wording this site holds. The Canadian register explains why the manufacturer code is published there and what that makes possible. Canada and America sets every matched pair side by side.

What Transport Canada published

Recall number
1982090
Recall date
17 November 1982
Make
Buick, Cadillac
Models
Toronado, Eldorado, Riviera, Seville
Model years
1983
Vehicle class
Car
Vehicles affected
42
Register
Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
VEHICLES WITH DELCO-BOSE SOUND SYSTEMS AND WINDSHIELD WIPER LOW SPEED DELAY PULSE WIPE FEATURES HAVE A NOISE SUPPRESSION CAPACITATOR IN THE MOTOR DELAY REALY WHICH MAY OVERHEAT DURING OPERATION OF THE DELAY FEATURE. THIS COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF WINDSHIELD WIPER OPERATION AND UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS COULD CAUSE AN UNDERHOOD FIRE WHICH COULD SPREAD TO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT.

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 1982090.

The Canadian register on this site

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