Volkswagen Vanagon. Published by Transport Canada as 1987117 on 2 November 1987. System: Powertrain.
What the notice says On vehicles with automatic transmissions, the shift lever locking pin may have been improperly welded to the shift lever pawl. during forceful shifting, the pin may break loose allowing the shift lever to be inadvertently moved from "d" to "r" without pressing the release button. if this occurs while the vehicle is in …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1987117
- Recall date
- 2 November 1987
- Make
- Volkswagen
- Models
- Vanagon
- Model years
- 1987
- Vehicle class
- Light Truck & Van
- System
- Powertrain
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 302
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
ON VEHICLES WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS, THE SHIFT LEVER LOCKING PIN MAY HAVE BEEN IMPROPERLY WELDED TO THE SHIFT LEVER PAWL. DURING FORCEFUL SHIFTING, THE PIN MAY BREAK LOOSE ALLOWING THE SHIFT LEVER TO BE INADVERTENTLY MOVED FROM "D" TO "R" WITHOUT PRESSING THE RELEASE BUTTON. IF THIS OCCURS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, IT COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND VEHICLE CRASH.
CORRECTION: SHIFT LOCKING PAWL WILL BE REPLACED ON AFFECTED VEHICLES.
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 1987117.
Volkswagen elsewhere in this register
Volkswagen is named on 284 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1987073 · 14 July 1987 · GTI · Suspension
- 1987042 · 29 April 1987 · Vanagon · Fuel System
- 1987043 · 29 April 1987 · Vanagon · Fuel System
- 1987044 · 29 April 1987 · Cabriolet, Scirocco, Jetta · Fuel System
- 1987020 · 16 February 1987 · Rabbit, Jetta, Cabriolet · Emissions
- 1988062 · 27 April 1988 · Vanagon · Fuel System
- 1988127 · 8 September 1988 · Jetta · Brakes
- 1988161 · 1 December 1988 · Fox · Steering
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.
- 1987114 · 22 October 1987 · Safari, Cutlass Supreme, Brougham · Powertrain
- 1987142 · 29 December 1987 · Midliner · Powertrain
- 1987100 · 15 September 1987 · Formula Plus, Formula MXLT, Formula MX · 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 register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Volkswagen: 284 in the register, and 142 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1987.
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