Buick Electra, Ninety-Eight. Published by Transport Canada as 1986123 on 5 November 1986. System: Steering.
What the notice says These vehicles may have insufficient clearance between the power steering pump return hose and the exhaust manifold due to incorrect routing. this condition could cause overheating of the hose, resulting in a fluid leak. this could result in an engine compartment fire without prior warning.
correction: power …
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
- 1986123
- Recall date
- 5 November 1986
- Make
- Buick, Oldsmobile
- Models
- Electra, Ninety-Eight
- Model years
- 1986
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 3,221
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THESE VEHICLES MAY HAVE INSUFFICIENT CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE POWER STEERING PUMP RETURN HOSE AND THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD DUE TO INCORRECT ROUTING. THIS CONDITION COULD CAUSE OVERHEATING OF THE HOSE, RESULTING IN A FLUID LEAK. THIS COULD RESULT IN AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
CORRECTION: POWER STEERING PUMP HOSE WILL BE REPLACED IF IT WAS INCORRECTLY ROUTED.
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 1986123.
Buick elsewhere in this register
Buick is named on 326 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1986077 · 16 July 1986 · Regal, Cutlass Supreme · Seats And Restraints
- 1986056 · 28 May 1986 · Lemans, Cutlass Supreme, Cutlass · Brakes
- 1986051 · 6 May 1986 · Camaro, Estate Wagon, Bonneville · Lights And Instruments
- 1986026 · 20 February 1986 · Somerset, Calais, Grand Am · Not Entered
- 1986013 · 23 January 1986 · Limited, Skyhawk · Not Entered
- 1986007 · 16 January 1986 · Electra, Fleetwood, Deville · Not Entered
- 1987007 · 27 January 1987 · Bonneville, Century, Skylark · Emissions
- 1987053 · 25 May 1987 · Skyhawk, Sunbird, Cavalier · Structure
The same system: Steering
582 notices in this register name Steering. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1986124 · 6 November 1986 · Sable, Taurus · Steering
- 1986132 · 25 November 1986 · General · Steering
- 1986117 · 22 October 1986 · 3 Series · Steering
- 1986112 · 7 October 1986 · Conventional · Steering
- 1986031 · 11 March 1986 · Truck · Steering
- 1986009 · 20 January 1986 · S1700, S1900, S2100 · Steering
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 Buick: 326 in the register, and 147 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1986.
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