Pontiac Tempest, Corsica, Beretta, Cavalier, Sunbird. Published by Transport Canada as 1989011 on 20 January 1989. System: Fuel System.
What the notice says Small creases on the underside of the fuel tank may fatigue and crack resulting in a fuel leak. if the leak is undetected and there is an external source of ignition, a fire could result.
correction: vehicles will be inspected and fuel tanks replaced as required.
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
- 1989011
- Recall date
- 20 January 1989
- Make
- Pontiac, Chevrolet
- Models
- Tempest, Corsica, Beretta, Cavalier, Sunbird
- Model years
- 1989
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Fuel System
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 2,353
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
SMALL CREASES ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FUEL TANK MAY FATIGUE AND CRACK RESULTING IN A FUEL LEAK. IF THE LEAK IS UNDETECTED AND THERE IS AN EXTERNAL SOURCE OF IGNITION, A FIRE COULD RESULT.
CORRECTION: VEHICLES WILL BE INSPECTED AND FUEL TANKS REPLACED AS 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 1989011.
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.
- 1989035 · 14 March 1989 · Beretta, Corsica, Tempest · Seats And Restraints
- 1989075 · 30 May 1989 · Corsica, Beretta, Tempest · Seats And Restraints
- 1989092 · 4 July 1989 · Custom Cruiser, Toronado, Estate Wagon · Engine
- 1989126 · 18 September 1989 · Firefly, Sprint · Emissions
- 1989141 · 3 October 1989 · Transport, Lumina Apv · Seats And Restraints
- 1989144 · 16 October 1989 · Sunbird, Cavalier · Lights And Instruments
- 1988174 · 28 December 1988 · Regal, Grand Prix · Fuel System
- 1988166 · 5 December 1988 · Century, Ciera, 6000 · Fuel System
The same system: Fuel System
866 notices in this register name Fuel System. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1989007 · 16 January 1989 · 5000, 200 · Fuel System
- 1989006 · 6 January 1989 · Trooper Ii · Fuel System
- 1989107 · 28 July 1989 · CBR600 · Fuel System
- 1989143 · 10 October 1989 · 405 · Fuel System
- 1989161 · 30 November 1989 · 700 Series · Fuel System
- 1988166 · 5 December 1988 · Century, Ciera, 6000 · Fuel System
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 178 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1989.
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