Pontiac Safari, Cutlass Supreme, Brougham, Custom Cruiser, Caprice, Estate Wagon. Published by Transport Canada as 1987114 on 22 October 1987. System: Powertrain.
What the notice says Vehicles equipped with the 200-4r transmission may have an improperly formed manual valve link.
this could lead to the link separating, resulting in a gear selection not correlating to the shift indicator. also, the car could be started in gear. thus, when selecting a gear or starting the vehicle, it as possible for …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1987114
- Recall date
- 22 October 1987
- Make
- Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Buick
- Models
- Safari, Cutlass Supreme, Brougham, Custom Cruiser, Caprice, Estate Wagon, Monte Carlo, Regal
- Model years
- 1987
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Powertrain
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 2,892
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 200-4R TRANSMISSION MAY HAVE AN IMPROPERLY FORMED MANUAL VALVE LINK.
THIS COULD LEAD TO THE LINK SEPARATING, RESULTING IN A GEAR SELECTION NOT CORRELATING TO THE SHIFT INDICATOR. ALSO, THE CAR COULD BE STARTED IN GEAR. THUS, WHEN SELECTING A GEAR OR STARTING THE VEHICLE, IT AS POSSIBLE FOR THE VEHICLE TO UNEXPECTEDLY MOVE IN AN UNANTICIPATED DIRECTION. THIS COULD RESULT IN A CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
CORRECTION: MANUAL VALVE LINK WILL BE REPLACED.
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 1987114.
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.
- 1987106 · 9 October 1987 · Monte Carlo, Firebird, Grand Prix · Emissions
- 1987126 · 25 November 1987 · Skyhawk, Sunbird · Fuel System
- 1987129 · 27 November 1987 · Fiero · Engine
- 1987096 · 26 August 1987 · Bonneville, Ninety-Eight, Delta 88 · Electrical
- 1987082 · 7 August 1987 · Somerset, Grand Am, Calais · Structure
- 1987069 · 3 July 1987 · Bonneville · Lights And Instruments
- 1987065 · 22 June 1987 · 6000 · Brakes
- 1987053 · 25 May 1987 · Skyhawk, Sunbird, Cavalier · Structure
The same system: Powertrain
823 notices in this register name Powertrain. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1987117 · 2 November 1987 · Vanagon · Powertrain
- 1987100 · 15 September 1987 · Formula Plus, Formula MXLT, Formula MX · Powertrain
- 1987142 · 29 December 1987 · Midliner · Powertrain
- 1988002 · 5 January 1988 · Ram Wagon, Dakota, Power Ram · Powertrain
- 1988007 · 18 January 1988 · Conventional · Powertrain
- 1988012 · 28 January 1988 · Formula Plus · Powertrain
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 notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Chevrolet Caprice, 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 142 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1987.
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