Pontiac Sunbird. Published by Transport Canada as 1994055 on 15 March 1994. System: Engine.
What the notice says On vehicles with 4 cylinder engines, water may freeze in the accelerator control cable conduit during cold weather. this would cause high accelerator pedal effort or cable binding which in turn could result in the throttle not returning to idle when the accelerator pedal is released. if this were to happen while the …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1994055
- Recall date
- 15 March 1994
- Make
- Pontiac
- Models
- Sunbird
- Model years
- 1993 to 1994
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 790
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
ON VEHICLES WITH 4 CYLINDER ENGINES, WATER MAY FREEZE IN THE ACCELERATOR CONTROL CABLE CONDUIT DURING COLD WEATHER. THIS WOULD CAUSE HIGH ACCELERATOR PEDAL EFFORT OR CABLE BINDING WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN THE THROTTLE NOT RETURNING TO IDLE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS RELEASED. IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, A VEHICLE CRASH COULD OCCUR.
CORRECTION: ACCELERATOR CONTROL CABLE ASSEMBLY WILL BE REPLACED ON AFFECTED VEHICLES.
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 1994055.
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.
- 1994051 · 14 March 1994 · Park Avenue, Ninety-Eight, Fleetwood · Powertrain
- 1994042 · 1 March 1994 · Grand Prix, Regal, Cutlass Supreme · Suspension
- 1994039 · 21 February 1994 · Lumina Apv, Transport · Seats And Restraints
- 1994077 · 21 April 1994 · Tracker, Sunrunner · Brakes
- 1994078 · 21 April 1994 · Firebird, Camaro · Fuel System
- 1994014 · 26 January 1994 · Lumina Apv, Transport · Seats And Restraints
- 1994006 · 13 January 1994 · Tracker, Sunrunner · Steering
- 1994117 · 20 July 1994 · Achieva, Skylark, Grand Am · Fuel System
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.
- 1994015 · 2 February 1994 · Century, Ciera · Engine
- 1994007 · 13 January 1994 · Tour Glide Classic (fltc), Electra Glide Classic (flhtc) · Engine
- 1994001 · 6 January 1994 · 3900 · Engine
- 1994109 · 8 June 1994 · F Series, Super Duty · Engine
- 1994115 · 12 July 1994 · 3 Series · Engine
- 1994120 · 29 July 1994 · 3800 · 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 202 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1994.
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