Porsche 911 Carrera. Published by Transport Canada as 1994004 on 13 January 1994. System: Electrical.
What the notice says The rear heater blower resistor can become electrically overloaded due to a binding or seized rear heater blower. the overloaded resistor can create sufficient heat to ignite the plastic air pipe to which it is connected and an engine compartment fire could occur.
correction: a new resistor with a circuit breaker …
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Porsche 911 CARRERA in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1994004
- Recall date
- 13 January 1994
- Make
- Porsche
- Models
- 911 Carrera
- Model years
- 1989 to 1992
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 439
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THE REAR HEATER BLOWER RESISTOR CAN BECOME ELECTRICALLY OVERLOADED DUE TO A BINDING OR SEIZED REAR HEATER BLOWER. THE OVERLOADED RESISTOR CAN CREATE SUFFICIENT HEAT TO IGNITE THE PLASTIC AIR PIPE TO WHICH IT IS CONNECTED AND AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE COULD OCCUR.
CORRECTION: A NEW RESISTOR WITH A CIRCUIT BREAKER WILL BE INSTALLED ON AFFECTED VEHICLES.
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Porsche elsewhere in this register
Porsche is named on 156 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1994005 · 13 January 1994 · 911 Turbo, 911 Carrera · Brakes
- 1993117 · 17 August 1993 · 911 Carrera, 911 Speedster · Structure
- 1995236 · 29 December 1995 · 911 Carrera · Other
- 1995237 · 29 December 1995 · 911 Turbo · Other
- 1992126 · 5 October 1992 · 911 Carrera · Engine
- 1992091 · 6 August 1992 · 928 · Powertrain
- 1992050 · 27 April 1992 · 968 · Engine
- 1992014 · 6 February 1992 · 968 · Steering
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.
- 1994025 · 8 February 1994 · Corrado · Electrical
- 1994201 · 30 December 1994 · Acl, WG · Electrical
- 1993130 · 17 September 1993 · Skylark, Grand Am, Achieva · Electrical
- 1993127 · 15 September 1993 · Previa · Electrical
- 1993110 · 11 August 1993 · R1100rs · Electrical
- 1993108 · 5 August 1993 · SC, SL, SW · Electrical
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Porsche: 156 in the register, and 202 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1994.
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