Buick Skylark, Calais, Grand Am. Published by Transport Canada as 1991174 on 12 December 1991. System: Engine.
What the notice says Note: vehicles equipped with 2.3 litre engine.
in sub zero temperatures, moisture from the crankcase ventilation system could cause ice buildup behind the throttle blade thereby preventing the throttle from returning to idle when the accerator pedal is released. this could result in loss of vehicle …
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
- 1991174
- Recall date
- 12 December 1991
- Make
- Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac
- Models
- Skylark, Calais, Grand Am
- Model years
- 1988
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 6,155
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
NOTE: VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 2.3 LITRE ENGINE.
IN SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES, MOISTURE FROM THE CRANKCASE VENTILATION SYSTEM COULD CAUSE ICE BUILDUP BEHIND THE THROTTLE BLADE THEREBY PREVENTING THE THROTTLE FROM RETURNING TO IDLE WHEN THE ACCERATOR PEDAL IS RELEASED. THIS COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.
CORRECTION: AN ENGINE VENTILATION KIT WILL BE INSTALLED ON AFFECTED VEHICLES TO PREVENT MOISTURE ACCUMULATION IN THE CRANKCASE.
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 1991174.
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.
- 1991161 · 29 November 1991 · Century, Lumina Car, Ciera · Powertrain
- 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: Engine
287 notices in this register name Engine. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1991103 · 9 July 1991 · Rodeo · Engine
- 1991021 · 11 February 1991 · Sable, Bronco Ii, Taurus · Engine
- 1991018 · 29 January 1991 · Cherokee, Comanche · Engine
- 1990116 · 1 August 1990 · Truck · Engine
- 1990117 · 1 August 1990 · Truck · Engine
- 1990101 · 3 July 1990 · Fiero · Engine
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 Buick: 326 in the register, and 177 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1991.
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