Pontiac Sunbird. Published by Transport Canada as 1992040 on 6 April 1992. System: Engine.
What the notice says On vehicles equipped with four cylinder engines, the accelerator cable may have been kinked on vehicle assembly. this may result in a high accelerator pedal effort, a sticking cable or a broken cable. accelerator cable sticking or breakage could cause loss of throttle control with the risk of vehicle …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1992040
- Recall date
- 6 April 1992
- Make
- Pontiac
- Models
- Sunbird
- Model years
- 1992
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 5,859
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH FOUR CYLINDER ENGINES, THE ACCELERATOR CABLE MAY HAVE BEEN KINKED ON VEHICLE ASSEMBLY. THIS MAY RESULT IN A HIGH ACCELERATOR PEDAL EFFORT, A STICKING CABLE OR A BROKEN CABLE. ACCELERATOR CABLE STICKING OR BREAKAGE COULD CAUSE LOSS OF THROTTLE CONTROL WITH THE RISK OF VEHICLE CRASH.
CORRECTION: ACCELERATOR CONTROL CABLE ASSEMBLIES WILL BE INSPECTED AND REPLACED IF NECESSARY.
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 1992040.
Pontiac elsewhere in this register
Pontiac is named on 332 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1992032 · 24 March 1992 · Skylark, Grand Am, Calais · Electrical
- 1992012 · 5 February 1992 · Transport · Other
- 1992002 · 9 January 1992 · Cavalier, Cutlass Supreme, Regal · Seats And Restraints
- 1992084 · 13 July 1992 · Bonneville, Park Avenue, Ultra · Other
- 1992103 · 25 August 1992 · Ciera, Celebrity, 6000 · Electrical
- 1992140 · 6 November 1992 · Firebird, Camaro · Powertrain
- 1992150 · 24 November 1992 · Cavalier, Sunbird · Seats And Restraints
- 1992162 · 21 December 1992 · Grand Prix · Lights And Instruments
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
- 1993001 · 11 January 1993 · S Series · Engine
- 1993017 · 3 February 1993 · School Bus · Engine
- 1993020 · 24 February 1993 · 3600 · Engine
- 1993021 · 1 March 1993 · Bus · Engine
- 1991021 · 11 February 1991 · Sable, Bronco Ii, Taurus · 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 Pontiac: 332 in the register, and 169 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1992.
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