Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight. Published by Transport Canada as 1988046 on 28 March 1988. System: Powertrain.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, a clip on the shifter mechanism inside the console may become dislodged preventing indication of the correct gear under conditions of darkness. Also, the clip could bind part of the shifter mechanism in a way which would prevent the gear detents from operating; hence an inadvertent bump of the …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1988046
- Recall date
- 28 March 1988
- Make
- Oldsmobile
- Models
- Ninety-Eight
- Model years
- 1988
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Powertrain
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 34
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, a clip on the shifter mechanism inside the console may become dislodged preventing indication of the correct gear under conditions of darkness. Also, the clip could bind part of the shifter mechanism in a way which would prevent the gear detents from operating; hence an inadvertent bump of the shifter could place the shifter in an undesired gear position. Both of these conditions could occur without prior warning and cause an accident. Correction: Dealers will replace the clip, transmission shift indicator slot.
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 1988046.
Oldsmobile elsewhere in this register
Oldsmobile is named on 204 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
- 1988068 · 19 May 1988 · Bonneville, Ninety-Eight, Delta 88 · Engine
- 1988069 · 19 May 1988 · Riviera, Toronado · Steering
- 1988126 · 2 September 1988 · Delta 88, Lesabre, Bonneville · Fuel System
- 1988153 · 9 November 1988 · Cutlass, Riviera, Toronado · Emissions
- 1988157 · 17 November 1988 · Grand Prix, Cutlass Supreme · Brakes
- 1988166 · 5 December 1988 · Century, Ciera, 6000 · Fuel System
- 1987114 · 22 October 1987 · Safari, Cutlass Supreme, Brougham · Powertrain
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
- 1988044 · 24 March 1988 · Acadian, Chevette · 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
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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 Oldsmobile: 204 in the register, and 174 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1988.
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