Buick Century, Lumina Car, Ciera, Cutlass Supreme, Grand Prix, Regal. Published by Transport Canada as 1991161 on 29 November 1991. System: Powertrain.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the transmission may remain in reverse when the shift indicator shows neutral gear position. This could result in unexpected rearward movement and a crash without prior warning. Correction: Vehicles will be inspected and tested and transaxle replaced if necessary.
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
- 1991161
- Recall date
- 29 November 1991
- Make
- Buick, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Pontiac
- Models
- Century, Lumina Car, Ciera, Cutlass Supreme, Grand Prix, Regal
- Model years
- 1992
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Powertrain
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1,300
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the transmission may remain in reverse when the shift indicator shows neutral gear position. This could result in unexpected rearward movement and a crash without prior warning. Correction: Vehicles will be inspected and tested and transaxle replaced if necessary.
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 1991161.
Buick elsewhere in this register
Buick is named on 326 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1991174 · 12 December 1991 · Skylark, Calais, Grand Am · Engine
- 1991147 · 31 October 1991 · Roadmaster, Caprice · Structure
- 1991141 · 17 October 1991 · Skylark · Steering
- 1991142 · 17 October 1991 · Grand Am, Skylark · Seats And Restraints
- 1991135 · 24 September 1991 · Park Avenue, Ninety-Eight, Eighty-Eight · Brakes
- 1991130 · 20 September 1991 · Reatta, Riviera · Lights And Instruments
- 1991132 · 20 September 1991 · Seville, Riviera, Toronado · Steering
- 1991037 · 5 March 1991 · Skylark, Calais, Grand Am · Emissions
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.
- 1991153 · 19 November 1991 · Mr · Powertrain
- 1991150 · 9 November 1991 · Bonneville, Ninety-Eight · Powertrain
- 1991149 · 6 November 1991 · Aerostar, Ranger, Bronco Ii · Powertrain
- 1991177 · 30 December 1991 · FLD, Fla, FLC · Powertrain
- 1991140 · 17 October 1991 · G Series · Powertrain
- 1991139 · 16 October 1991 · 2500, 2600, 3600 · 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 Buick Regal, 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 Buick: 326 in the register, and 177 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1991.
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