Pontiac Lemans, El Camino, Monte Carlo, Century, Grand Prix, Malibu. Published by Transport Canada as 1985049 on 29 April 1985. System: Brakes.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, excessive enlargement of a pilot hole in the rear backing plate could allow the wheel cylinder to rotate possibly leading to loss of rear braking action.
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
- 1985049
- Recall date
- 29 April 1985
- Make
- Pontiac, Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Oldsmobile
- Models
- Lemans, El Camino, Monte Carlo, Century, Grand Prix, Malibu, Caballero, Cutlass Supreme, Cutlass, Grand Lemans, Regal, S Series
- Model years
- 1978 to 1982
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Brakes
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 357,841
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, excessive enlargement of a pilot hole in the rear backing plate could allow the wheel cylinder to rotate possibly leading to loss of rear braking action.
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 1985049.
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.
- 1985039 · 17 April 1985 · Sunbird, Cavalier · Not Entered
- 1985061 · 14 May 1985 · Grand Am · Not Entered
- 1985032 · 29 March 1985 · Omega, Phoenix, Citation · Not Entered
- 1985023 · 19 February 1985 · Trans Am · Not Entered
- 1985008 · 11 January 1985 · Monte Carlo, Malibu, Lemans · Seats And Restraints
- 1985010 · 11 January 1985 · Caballero, Monte Carlo, Century · Not Entered
- 1985012 · 11 January 1985 · Regal, Grand Am, Calais · Not Entered
- 1985007 · 10 January 1985 · Century, Grand Lemans, Lemans · Brakes
The same system: Brakes
791 notices in this register name Brakes. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1985007 · 10 January 1985 · Century, Grand Lemans, Lemans · Brakes
- 1985108 · 29 September 1985 · C.o.e. · Brakes
- 1984122 · 10 October 1984 · W100, Ramcharger · Brakes
- 1984116 · 26 September 1984 · C7, C6 · Brakes
- 1986020 · 7 February 1986 · Ram Van, Ramcharger, Ram · Brakes
- 1984026 · 23 February 1984 · 700 Series · Brakes
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 Pontiac: 332 in the register, and 141 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1985.
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