What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1986026
- Recall date
- 20 February 1986
- Make
- Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac
- Models
- Somerset, Calais, Grand Am
- Model years
- 1985
- Vehicle class
- Car
- Raised as
- Safety Mfr
- Vehicles affected
- 6,540
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THE CARBURETOR RETURN SPRING ASSEMBLY MAY FAIL. THIS COULD PREVENT THE DECELERATION OF THE VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH THE DRIVER HAS REMOVED HIS FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. LOSS OF ACCELERATOR CONTROL COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
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 1986026.