Pontiac Bonneville, Ninety-Eight, Delta 88, Park Avenue, Electra. Published by Transport Canada as 1988068 on 19 May 1988. System: Engine.
What the notice says Excessive accelerator cable friction may restrict the cable's free movement between the accelerator pedal and the throttle body. this could prevent the throttle from returning to idle when the accelerator pedal is released and possibly result in loss of accelerator control and a vehicle crash without prior warning. …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1988068
- Recall date
- 19 May 1988
- Make
- Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick
- Models
- Bonneville, Ninety-Eight, Delta 88, Park Avenue, Electra
- Model years
- 1987
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 4,271
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
EXCESSIVE ACCELERATOR CABLE FRICTION MAY RESTRICT THE CABLE'S FREE MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE THROTTLE BODY. THIS COULD PREVENT THE THROTTLE FROM RETURNING TO IDLE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS RELEASED AND POSSIBLY RESULT IN LOSS OF ACCELERATOR CONTROL AND A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
CORRECTION: VEHICLES WILL BE INSPECTED AND ACCELERATOR CONTROL CABLE WILL BE REPLACED IF REQUIRED.
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 1988068.
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.
- 1988081 · 13 June 1988 · Sunbird, Cavalier · Lights And Instruments
- 1988052 · 14 April 1988 · Regal, Grand Prix · Structure
- 1988047 · 6 April 1988 · Grand Prix · Seats And Restraints
- 1988045 · 28 March 1988 · Grand Prix, Regal · Powertrain
- 1988096 · 11 July 1988 · Sunbird, Cavalier · Visual System
- 1988044 · 24 March 1988 · Acadian, Chevette · Powertrain
- 1988040 · 17 March 1988 · Tempest, Beretta, Corsica · Structure
- 1988030 · 9 March 1988 · Firebird, Grand Prix, Monte Carlo · Emissions
The same system: Engine
287 notices in this register name Engine. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1988101 · 12 July 1988 · 2675, 8300, 2375 · Engine
- 1988107 · 14 July 1988 · Conventional · Engine
- 1988023 · 23 February 1988 · Conventional · Engine
- 1988021 · 18 February 1988 · 626, Mx-6 · Engine
- 1987118 · 4 November 1987 · 5000 · Engine
- 1989016 · 9 February 1989 · Conventional · Engine
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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