Pontiac Acadian, Chevette. Published by Transport Canada as 1988044 on 24 March 1988. System: Powertrain.
What the notice says On vehicles with automatic transmissions, the shift lever button (detent) mechanism can, over time, wear to the point that the button on the shift lever no longer needs to be depressed to shift from "drive" to "reverse". a lever with this condition could be inadvertently bumped or moved from "drive" to "reverse" by …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1988044
- Recall date
- 24 March 1988
- Make
- Pontiac, Chevrolet
- Models
- Acadian, Chevette
- Model years
- 1983 to 1986
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Powertrain
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 85,959
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
ON VEHICLES WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS, THE SHIFT LEVER BUTTON (DETENT) MECHANISM CAN, OVER TIME, WEAR TO THE POINT THAT THE BUTTON ON THE SHIFT LEVER NO LONGER NEEDS TO BE DEPRESSED TO SHIFT FROM "DRIVE" TO "REVERSE". A LEVER WITH THIS CONDITION COULD BE INADVERTENTLY BUMPED OR MOVED FROM "DRIVE" TO "REVERSE" BY THE DRIVER OR THE PASSENGER WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN. THIS COULD CAUSE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND A CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
CORRECTION: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER WILL BE REPLACED WITH A NEWLY DESIGNED LEVER.
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 1988044.
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.
- 1988045 · 28 March 1988 · Grand Prix, Regal · Powertrain
- 1988040 · 17 March 1988 · Tempest, Beretta, Corsica · Structure
- 1988030 · 9 March 1988 · Firebird, Grand Prix, Monte Carlo · Emissions
- 1988031 · 9 March 1988 · Grand Am, Calais, Somerset · Fuel System
- 1988047 · 6 April 1988 · Grand Prix · Seats And Restraints
- 1988052 · 14 April 1988 · Regal, Grand Prix · Structure
- 1988022 · 18 February 1988 · Grand Prix · Suspension
- 1988068 · 19 May 1988 · Bonneville, Ninety-Eight, Delta 88 · Engine
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.
- 1988045 · 28 March 1988 · Grand Prix, Regal · Powertrain
- 1988046 · 28 March 1988 · Ninety-Eight · Powertrain
- 1988012 · 28 January 1988 · Formula Plus · Powertrain
- 1988007 · 18 January 1988 · Conventional · Powertrain
- 1988002 · 5 January 1988 · Ram Wagon, Dakota, Power Ram · Powertrain
- 1988076 · 2 June 1988 · R, Rd, DMM · Powertrain
Reading this against the source
This page is what Transport Canada published in the Vehicle Recalls Database, kept as it was read. The authority publishes only its current wording; if a notice is rewritten, the earlier version disappears there and is kept here. The whole register is at /canada, and how the reading is done is set out in the method.
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 Pontiac: 332 in the register, and 174 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1988.
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