Hyundai Excel. Published by Transport Canada as 1991176 on 30 December 1991. System: Engine.
What the notice says Note: all 1988-89 excel vehicles sold in canada.
the reed valve subassembly contained within the air control valve could fail due to corrosion allowing the hot exhaust gases to flow backward into the plastic secondary air filter case when the vehicle is being driven. these hot gases may melt the secondary air filter …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1991176
- Recall date
- 30 December 1991
- Make
- Hyundai
- Models
- Excel
- Model years
- 1988 to 1989
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 46,572
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
NOTE: ALL 1988-89 EXCEL VEHICLES SOLD IN CANADA.
THE REED VALVE SUBASSEMBLY CONTAINED WITHIN THE AIR CONTROL VALVE COULD FAIL DUE TO CORROSION ALLOWING THE HOT EXHAUST GASES TO FLOW BACKWARD INTO THE PLASTIC SECONDARY AIR FILTER CASE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN. THESE HOT GASES MAY MELT THE SECONDARY AIR FILTER CASE AND COULD RESULT IN AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE.
CORRECTION: REED VALVE SUBASSEMBLY WILL BE REPLACED.
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 1991176.
Hyundai elsewhere in this register
Hyundai is named on 270 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1991124 · 6 September 1991 · Stellar · Structure
- 1990072 · 18 May 1990 · Excel · Suspension
- 1990073 · 18 May 1990 · Pony · Heater And Defroster
- 1990031 · 20 February 1990 · Sonata · Structure
- 1993109 · 10 August 1993 · Scoupe · Emissions
- 1993176 · 30 December 1993 · Excel · Fuel System
- 1988158 · 16 November 1988 · Stellar · Heater And Defroster
- 1988089 · 24 June 1988 · Excel · Steering
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
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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 Hyundai: 270 in the register, and 177 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1991.
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