Pontiac Sunbird, Cavalier. Published by Transport Canada as 1989144 on 16 October 1989. System: Lights And Instruments.
What the notice says On vehicles with "daytime running lights" (d.r.l.), the d.r.l. module, which is located near the battery, can overheat, resulting in an engine compartment fire.
correction: a non-functional module, which will render the d.r.l.'s inoperative but allow normal use of the vehicle's lighting system, will be installed …
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
- 1989144
- Recall date
- 16 October 1989
- Make
- Pontiac, Chevrolet
- Models
- Sunbird, Cavalier
- Model years
- 1990
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Lights And Instruments
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 19,687
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
ON VEHICLES WITH "DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS" (D.R.L.), THE D.R.L. MODULE, WHICH IS LOCATED NEAR THE BATTERY, CAN OVERHEAT, RESULTING IN AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE.
CORRECTION: A NON-FUNCTIONAL MODULE, WHICH WILL RENDER THE D.R.L.'S INOPERATIVE BUT ALLOW NORMAL USE OF THE VEHICLE'S LIGHTING SYSTEM, WILL BE INSTALLED UNTIL FUNCTIONAL MODULES BECOME AVAILABLE, AT WHICH TIME THIS RECALL WILL BE REISSUED TO HAVE THE D.R.L. SYSTEM UPGRADED.
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 1989144.
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.
- 1989141 · 3 October 1989 · Transport, Lumina Apv · Seats And Restraints
- 1989126 · 18 September 1989 · Firefly, Sprint · Emissions
- 1989092 · 4 July 1989 · Custom Cruiser, Toronado, Estate Wagon · Engine
- 1989075 · 30 May 1989 · Corsica, Beretta, Tempest · Seats And Restraints
- 1989035 · 14 March 1989 · Beretta, Corsica, Tempest · Seats And Restraints
- 1989011 · 20 January 1989 · Tempest, Corsica, Beretta · Fuel System
- 1990035 · 21 February 1990 · Corsica, Tempest · Structure
- 1990043 · 7 March 1990 · Calais, Grand Am, Skylark · Fuel System
The same system: Lights And Instruments
900 notices in this register name Lights And Instruments. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1989150 · 26 October 1989 · Sable, Taurus · Lights And Instruments
- 1989140 · 3 October 1989 · Trailer · Lights And Instruments
- 1989122 · 29 August 1989 · Trailer · Lights And Instruments
- 1989163 · 5 December 1989 · Trailer · Lights And Instruments
- 1989164 · 7 December 1989 · Trailer · Lights And Instruments
- 1989165 · 7 December 1989 · Trailer · Lights And Instruments
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 Pontiac: 332 in the register, and 178 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1989.
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