What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1990186
- Recall date
- 30 November 1990
- Make
- Buick, Oldsmobile, Cadillac
- Models
- Riviera, Eighty-Eight, Ninety-Eight, Fleetwood, Trofeo, Deville, Eldorado
- Model years
- 1990
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Safety Mfr
- Vehicles affected
- 63
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT REQUIRING DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG, THE INFLATOR MODULE COULD SEPARATE AND THE AIR BAG WILL NOT INFLATE AS INTENDED. IN ADDITION, SEPARATION OF THE INFLATOR MODULE MAY RESULT IN HOT GASES ESCAPING INTO THE OCCUPANT COMPARTMENT, PRESENTING THE POSSIBILITY OF BURN INJURY TO VEHICLE OCCUPANTS.rnCORRECTION: THE AIR BAG INFLATOR MODULES WILL BE REPLACED.
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 1990186.