Gmc Caballero, Monte Carlo, Century, Cutlass, El Camino, Grand Lemans. Published by Transport Canada as 1985010 on 11 January 1985. System: Not Entered.
What the notice says The axle retaining "c" clip in the differential may dislodge and allow the axle, wheel and brake drum to separate from the vehicle when subjected to side forces. axle separation could result in loss of vehicle control and possible crash.
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
- 1985010
- Recall date
- 11 January 1985
- Make
- GMC, Chevrolet, Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac
- Models
- Caballero, Monte Carlo, Century, Cutlass, El Camino, Grand Lemans, Regal, Cutlass Supreme, Malibu, Lemans, Grand Prix
- Model years
- 1978 to 1980
- Vehicle class
- Car
- Vehicles affected
- 153,969
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THE AXLE RETAINING "C" CLIP IN THE DIFFERENTIAL MAY DISLODGE AND ALLOW THE AXLE, WHEEL AND BRAKE DRUM TO SEPARATE FROM THE VEHICLE WHEN SUBJECTED TO SIDE FORCES. AXLE SEPARATION COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND POSSIBLE CRASH.
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 1985010.
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.
- 1985007 · 10 January 1985 · Century, Grand Lemans, Lemans · Brakes
- 1985049 · 29 April 1985 · Lemans, El Camino, Monte Carlo · Brakes
- 1985071 · 6 June 1985 · Astro, Brigadier, General · Other
- 1985078 · 21 June 1985 · C6, C7 · Not Entered
- 1985098 · 6 September 1985 · Topkick C6, Topkick C7, Kodiak C6 · Fuel System
- 1985109 · 9 October 1985 · Astro · Not Entered
- 1985111 · 15 October 1985 · P Series · Other
- 1985136 · 27 November 1985 · P Series, K Series, C Series · Wheels
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.
- 1985009 · 11 January 1985 · Wheels · Not Entered
- 1985012 · 11 January 1985 · Regal, Grand Am, Calais · Not Entered
- 1985011 · 14 January 1985 · Lifeguard · Not Entered
- 1985014 · 15 January 1985 · Lebaron, Lancer · Not Entered
- 1985015 · 18 January 1985 · F-150, F-250 · Not Entered
- 1985002 · 3 January 1985 · R.e. Pusher · 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 notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Freightliner Century, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
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 141 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1985.
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