Saab 9000. Published by Transport Canada as 1986121 on 27 October 1986. System: Electrical.
What the notice says A condition may exist whereby the wiring harness may chafe against the windshield wiper motor bracket. this could result in a short circuit and a possible vehicle fire.
correction: rubber protective strips will be installed on the edges of the windshield wiper motor bracket to prevent this condition.
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.
Saab 9000 in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Saab 9000 is named on 3 British notices and 2 Japanese. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The British register
The Japanese register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1986121
- Recall date
- 27 October 1986
- Make
- Saab
- Models
- 9000
- Model years
- 1986
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 578
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
A CONDITION MAY EXIST WHEREBY THE WIRING HARNESS MAY CHAFE AGAINST THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR BRACKET. THIS COULD RESULT IN A SHORT CIRCUIT AND A POSSIBLE VEHICLE FIRE.
CORRECTION: RUBBER PROTECTIVE STRIPS WILL BE INSTALLED ON THE EDGES OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR BRACKET TO PREVENT THIS CONDITION.
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 1986121.
Saab elsewhere in this register
Saab is named on 70 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1987024 · 17 February 1987 · 900 · Fuel System
- 1985060 · 14 May 1985 · 900 · Not Entered
- 1985045 · 23 April 1985 · 900 · Not Entered
- 1988058 · 19 April 1988 · 9000 · Engine
- 1988092 · 5 July 1988 · 9000 · Engine
- 1984039 · 19 March 1984 · 900 · Not Entered
- 1984028 · 27 February 1984 · 900 · Not Entered
- 1984012 · 25 January 1984 · Turbo · Not Entered
The same system: Electrical
686 notices in this register name Electrical. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1986120 · 23 October 1986 · Town Car · Electrical
- 1986114 · 9 October 1986 · Celica, Cressida, Supra · Electrical
- 1986028 · 27 February 1986 · Windcruiser, Elandan · Electrical
- 1986027 · 20 February 1986 · Limousine, Lebaron, New Yorker · Electrical
- 1987012 · 5 February 1987 · S1700, S2100, S1600 · Electrical
- 1987031 · 4 March 1987 · Conventional · Electrical
Reading this against the source
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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 register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Saab: 70 in the register, and 147 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1986.
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