Buick Skylark, Grand Am, Achieva. Published by Transport Canada as 1993130 on 17 September 1993. System: Electrical.
What the notice says The neutral start switch on these vehicles was fractured at installation. over time, this could result in a no-start condition. a vehicle with this condition may also be started in gear which could cause a vehicle crash without prior warning.
correction: dealers will replace the neutral start switch on all involved …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1993130
- Recall date
- 17 September 1993
- Make
- Buick, Pontiac, Oldsmobile
- Models
- Skylark, Grand Am, Achieva
- Model years
- 1993
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 103
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THE NEUTRAL START SWITCH ON THESE VEHICLES WAS FRACTURED AT INSTALLATION. OVER TIME, THIS COULD RESULT IN A NO-START CONDITION. A VEHICLE WITH THIS CONDITION MAY ALSO BE STARTED IN GEAR WHICH COULD CAUSE A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
CORRECTION: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE NEUTRAL START SWITCH ON ALL INVOLVED VEHICLES AND INSPECT/REPLACE THE MANUAL SHAFT ASSEMBLY.
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 1993130.
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.
- 1993139 · 5 October 1993 · Ciera, Century · Engine
- 1993142 · 21 October 1993 · Regal · Fuel System
- 1993099 · 16 July 1993 · Cavalier, Century, Sunbird · Brakes
- 1993026 · 3 March 1993 · Regal, Lumina Car, Cutlass Supreme · Seats And Restraints
- 1994015 · 2 February 1994 · Century, Ciera · Engine
- 1994042 · 1 March 1994 · Grand Prix, Regal, Cutlass Supreme · Suspension
- 1994051 · 14 March 1994 · Park Avenue, Ninety-Eight, Fleetwood · Powertrain
- 1994064 · 25 March 1994 · Roadmaster, Fleetwood Brougham, Caprice · Engine
The same system: Electrical
686 notices in this register name Electrical. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1993127 · 15 September 1993 · Previa · Electrical
- 1993110 · 11 August 1993 · R1100rs · Electrical
- 1993108 · 5 August 1993 · SC, SL, SW · Electrical
- 1993029 · 5 March 1993 · Caprice · Electrical
- 1993022 · 1 March 1993 · 5 Series · Electrical
- 1993006 · 20 January 1993 · Softail (fl), Softail Springer (fxsts), Softail Custom (fxstc) · Electrical
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 1993.
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