Chevrolet Astro, Safari. Published by Transport Canada as 1989040 on 23 March 1989. System: Powertrain.
What the notice says On vehicles with automatic transmission, the transmission control rod may separate from the steering column lower shift lever. when this occurs, the shift indicator may not reflect the gear the transmission is in and the driver could believe that the transmission is in a forward gear when it is actually in reverse and …
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
- 1989040
- Recall date
- 23 March 1989
- Make
- Chevrolet, GMC
- Models
- Astro, Safari
- Model years
- 1989
- Vehicle class
- Light Truck & Van
- System
- Powertrain
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 16
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
ON VEHICLES WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL ROD MAY SEPARATE FROM THE STEERING COLUMN LOWER SHIFT LEVER. WHEN THIS OCCURS, THE SHIFT INDICATOR MAY NOT REFLECT THE GEAR THE TRANSMISSION IS IN AND THE DRIVER COULD BELIEVE THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS IN A FORWARD GEAR WHEN IT IS ACTUALLY IN REVERSE AND VICE-VERSA. ADDITIONALLY, THE ENGINE COULD BE STARTED WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN GEAR. EITHER OF THESE CONDITIONS COULD LEAD TO A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
CORRECTION: A NEW TRANSMISSION LINKAGE RETAINER WILL BE INSTALLED ON INVOLVED VEHICLES.
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 1989040.
Chevrolet elsewhere in this register
Chevrolet is named on 880 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
- 1989034 · 13 March 1989 · Caprice · Electrical
- 1989011 · 20 January 1989 · Tempest, Corsica, Beretta · Fuel System
- 1989075 · 30 May 1989 · Corsica, Beretta, Tempest · Seats And Restraints
- 1989084 · 8 June 1989 · C Series, K Series · Accessories
- 1989092 · 4 July 1989 · Custom Cruiser, Toronado, Estate Wagon · Engine
- 1989125 · 14 September 1989 · K Series, C Series · Suspension
- 1989126 · 18 September 1989 · Firefly, Sprint · Emissions
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.
- 1989031 · 8 March 1989 · Justy · Powertrain
- 1989116 · 18 August 1989 · P Series · Powertrain
- 1988168 · 8 December 1988 · Softail Standard (fxst), Softail Springer (fxsts), Heritage Softail (flst) · Powertrain
- 1988152 · 8 November 1988 · 700 Series · Powertrain
- 1988087 · 23 June 1988 · Continental · Powertrain
- 1988080 · 9 June 1988 · Samara · 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 a Chevrolet: 928 in the register, and 178 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1989.
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