Audi 5000. Published by Transport Canada as 1987104 on 1 October 1987. System: Fuel System.
What the notice says On certain Audi 5000 turbo and 5000 Quattro, repeated `topping off' of the fuel tank after the gas station pump has stopped the fuel supply during refuelling, reduces the expansion space within the fuel tank. Consequent pressure conditions within the evaporative emission control system could result in fuel vapours …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1987104
- Recall date
- 1 October 1987
- Make
- Audi
- Models
- 5000
- Model years
- 1984 to 1988
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Fuel System
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 6,553
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain Audi 5000 turbo and 5000 Quattro, repeated `topping off' of the fuel tank after the gas station pump has stopped the fuel supply during refuelling, reduces the expansion space within the fuel tank. Consequent pressure conditions within the evaporative emission control system could result in fuel vapours being released into the engine compartment. Heat from the turbo exhaust system could ignite the vapours and cause an engine compartment fire with a risk of injury to the vehicle occupants. Correction: Vehicles will be fitted with a new vent valve and a new type charcoal filter vent hose. In addition, Quattro models will receive a redesigned fuel filler neck.
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 1987104.
Audi elsewhere in this register
Audi is named on 212 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1987103 · 1 October 1987 · 5000 · Brakes
- 1987118 · 4 November 1987 · 5000 · Engine
- 1987054 · 26 May 1987 · 4000, Coupe · Engine
- 1987010 · 29 January 1987 · 5000 · Engine
- 1987011 · 29 January 1987 · 5000 · Engine
- 1986098 · 4 September 1986 · 4000, 5000 · Seats And Restraints
- 1986084 · 6 August 1986 · 5000 · Fuel System
- 1989007 · 16 January 1989 · 5000, 200 · Fuel System
The same system: Fuel System
866 notices in this register name Fuel System. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1987125 · 19 November 1987 · Civic · Fuel System
- 1987126 · 25 November 1987 · Skyhawk, Sunbird · Fuel System
- 1987135 · 10 December 1987 · Pulsar · Fuel System
- 1987051 · 21 May 1987 · Spectrum, Sunburst · Fuel System
- 1987042 · 29 April 1987 · Vanagon · Fuel System
- 1987043 · 29 April 1987 · Vanagon · Fuel System
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 an Audi: 212 in the register, and 142 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1987.
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