Buick Somerset, Skylark. Published by Transport Canada as 1988010 on 27 January 1988. System: Electrical.
What the notice says The headlamp switch panel circuitry might experience excessive heat build up that could cause the headlights to cycle on and off. sudden loss of headlights at night or under severe driving conditions could reduce visibility and result in a vehicle crash without prior warning.
correction: dealers will inspect and/or …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1988010
- Recall date
- 27 January 1988
- Make
- Buick
- Models
- Somerset, Skylark
- Model years
- 1985 to 1986
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 12,328
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THE HEADLAMP SWITCH PANEL CIRCUITRY MIGHT EXPERIENCE EXCESSIVE HEAT BUILD UP THAT COULD CAUSE THE HEADLIGHTS TO CYCLE ON AND OFF. SUDDEN LOSS OF HEADLIGHTS AT NIGHT OR UNDER SEVERE DRIVING CONDITIONS COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY AND RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
CORRECTION: DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND/OR REPLACE THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH AND/OR WINDSHIELD WIPER SWITCH PANELS ON SUSPECTED VEHICLES.
NOTE: THE WINDSHIELD WIPER SWITCH PANEL WILL BE REPLACED ONLY TO MAINTAIN STYLING UNIFORMITY WITH THE NEW HEADLAMP SWITCH PANEL.
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 1988010.
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.
- 1988031 · 9 March 1988 · Grand Am, Calais, Somerset · Fuel System
- 1988043 · 24 March 1988 · Regal · Electrical
- 1988045 · 28 March 1988 · Grand Prix, Regal · Powertrain
- 1988051 · 11 April 1988 · Century, Celebrity · Suspension
- 1988052 · 14 April 1988 · Regal, Grand Prix · Structure
- 1988053 · 14 April 1988 · Regal · Suspension
- 1988056 · 19 April 1988 · Lesabre · Brakes
- 1988068 · 19 May 1988 · Bonneville, Ninety-Eight, Delta 88 · Engine
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.
- 1988003 · 5 January 1988 · 700 Series · Electrical
- 1988110 · 18 July 1988 · Continental · Electrical
- 1988133 · 23 September 1988 · Hcoe, Conventional · Electrical
- 1987119 · 4 November 1987 · Eldorado · Electrical
- 1987121 · 4 November 1987 · Diplomat, Fifth Avenue, Caravelle · Electrical
- 1987113 · 22 October 1987 · Skylark · 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 Buick: 326 in the register, and 174 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1988.
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