Subaru Loyale, Xt, Legacy. Published by Transport Canada as 1991092 on 12 June 1991. System: Powertrain.
What the notice says On electronically controlled automatic transmissions, the park gear disengagement mechanism, when subject to loads resulting from certain parking situations, may not release immediately into reverse gear resulting in delayed and possibly abrupt vehicle movement. this could result in possible loss of control …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1991092
- Recall date
- 12 June 1991
- Make
- Subaru
- Models
- Loyale, XT, Legacy
- Model years
- 1989 to 1991
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Powertrain
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 3,665
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
ON ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS, THE PARK GEAR DISENGAGEMENT MECHANISM, WHEN SUBJECT TO LOADS RESULTING FROM CERTAIN PARKING SITUATIONS, MAY NOT RELEASE IMMEDIATELY INTO REVERSE GEAR RESULTING IN DELAYED AND POSSIBLY ABRUPT VEHICLE MOVEMENT. THIS COULD RESULT IN POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL AND THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH.
CORRECTION: TRANSMISSION WILL BE REPAIRED WITH A MODIFIED PARKING PAWL.
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 1991092.
Subaru elsewhere in this register
Subaru is named on 151 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1991084 · 30 May 1991 · Loyale · Powertrain
- 1991043 · 12 March 1991 · Justy, Loyale, DL · Lights And Instruments
- 1990190 · 6 December 1990 · Legacy · Structure
- 1992001 · 8 January 1992 · XT6 · Steering
- 1992035 · 27 March 1992 · DL, XT, GL · Suspension
- 1990111 · 23 July 1990 · Legacy · Heater And Defroster
- 1990080 · 4 June 1990 · GL, DL, XT · Suspension
- 1993039 · 23 March 1993 · Legacy · Airbag
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.
- 1991093 · 13 June 1991 · 9000 · Powertrain
- 1991084 · 30 May 1991 · Loyale · Powertrain
- 1991068 · 24 April 1991 · Kz1000 · Powertrain
- 1991112 · 2 August 1991 · Bonneville · Powertrain
- 1991064 · 18 April 1991 · Legend · Powertrain
- 1991056 · 27 March 1991 · Grand Marquis, Cougar, Thunderbird · Powertrain
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 notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Subaru Legacy, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Subaru: 151 in the register, and 177 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1991.
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