Volkswagen Fox. Published by Transport Canada as 1991148 on 5 November 1991. System: Structure.
What the notice says The secondary hood latch mechanism may corrode and seize due to improper lubrication. if the secondary hood latch was not properly engaged and the primary hood latch was also not engaged, the hood could fly open while the vehicle was in motion resulting in impaired driver vision and a possible crash. …
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Volkswagen FOX in the other registers
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The European register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1991148
- Recall date
- 5 November 1991
- Make
- Volkswagen
- Models
- Fox
- Model years
- 1987 to 1991
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Structure
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 35,720
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THE SECONDARY HOOD LATCH MECHANISM MAY CORRODE AND SEIZE DUE TO IMPROPER LUBRICATION. IF THE SECONDARY HOOD LATCH WAS NOT PROPERLY ENGAGED AND THE PRIMARY HOOD LATCH WAS ALSO NOT ENGAGED, THE HOOD COULD FLY OPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION RESULTING IN IMPAIRED DRIVER VISION AND A POSSIBLE CRASH. CORRECTION: OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL BE ADVISED BY MAIL OF CORRECT MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES FOR THE HOOD LATCH MECHANISM.
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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 1991148.
Volkswagen elsewhere in this register
Volkswagen is named on 284 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1991169 · 9 December 1991 · Cabriolet, Scirocco · Fuel System
- 1991115 · 13 August 1991 · Jetta, Golf · Other
- 1991104 · 9 July 1991 · Corrado · Fuel System
- 1991051 · 19 March 1991 · Jetta · Suspension
- 1992057 · 11 May 1992 · Jetta, GTI, Golf · Heater And Defroster
- 1992149 · 23 November 1992 · Dasher, Golf, Cabriolet · Structure
- 1990105 · 6 July 1990 · Transporter, Passat, Corrado · Lights And Instruments
- 1990103 · 4 July 1990 · Jetta · Fuel System
The same system: Structure
800 notices in this register name Structure. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1991147 · 31 October 1991 · Roadmaster, Caprice · Structure
- 1991138 · 16 October 1991 · School Bus · Structure
- 1991133 · 23 September 1991 · Sunbird, Cavalier · Structure
- 1991129 · 19 September 1991 · Corsica, Beretta, Tempest · Structure
- 1991125 · 11 September 1991 · G Van, E350 · Structure
- 1991124 · 6 September 1991 · Stellar · Structure
Reading this against the source
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Volkswagen: 284 in the register, and 177 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1991.
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