Saab 9000. Published by Transport Canada as 1990042 on 6 March 1990. System: Electrical.
What the notice says Note: vehicles with automatic transmission
residue on the circuit card may cause an electrical short in the back-up lamp circuit and eventual overheating of the combination safety/back-up lamp switch assembly. if this should occur, smoke or possibly a fire might develop from the center console area in the passenger …
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Saab 9000 in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Saab 9000 is named on 3 British notices and 2 Japanese. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The British register
The Japanese register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1990042
- Recall date
- 6 March 1990
- Make
- Saab
- Models
- 9000
- Model years
- 1987 to 1990
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 948
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
NOTE: VEHICLES WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
RESIDUE ON THE CIRCUIT CARD MAY CAUSE AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE BACK-UP LAMP CIRCUIT AND EVENTUAL OVERHEATING OF THE COMBINATION SAFETY/BACK-UP LAMP SWITCH ASSEMBLY. IF THIS SHOULD OCCUR, SMOKE OR POSSIBLY A FIRE MIGHT DEVELOP FROM THE CENTER CONSOLE AREA IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT.
CORRECTION: AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT, INCLUDING A RELAY, WILL BE ADDED TO THE BACK-UP LAMP CIRCUIT. THIS WILL REDUCE THE MAXIMUM ELECTRIC CURRENT THAT CAN FLOW THROUGH THE COMBINATION SWITCH IN THE GEAR SELECTOR.
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 1990042.
Saab elsewhere in this register
Saab is named on 70 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1989159 · 24 November 1989 · 9000 · Brakes
- 1989103 · 21 July 1989 · 900 · Heater And Defroster
- 1989008 · 17 January 1989 · 900 · Electrical
- 1991085 · 5 June 1991 · 9000 · Engine
- 1991093 · 13 June 1991 · 9000 · Powertrain
- 1988092 · 5 July 1988 · 9000 · Engine
- 1988058 · 19 April 1988 · 9000 · Engine
- 1987024 · 17 February 1987 · 900 · Fuel System
The same system: Electrical
686 notices in this register name Electrical. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1989101 · 19 July 1989 · Refrigerator · Electrical
- 1991003 · 3 January 1991 · New Yorker, Fifth Avenue, Dynasty · Electrical
- 1989019 · 17 February 1989 · Travel Trailer, Fifth Wheel, Truck Camper · Electrical
- 1989008 · 17 January 1989 · 900 · Electrical
- 1988133 · 23 September 1988 · Hcoe, Conventional · Electrical
- 1988110 · 18 July 1988 · Continental · Electrical
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 Saab: 70 in the register, and 196 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1990.
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