Mazda Mx-3. Published by Transport Canada as 1994138 on 30 August 1994. System: Electrical.
What the notice says Note: vehicles equipped with v6 engines.
water and road salt can enter the alternator through a production pin hole in the bus bar possibly creating an electrical short circuit between the bus bar and the alternator heat shield. this condition could cause overheating and result in an engine compartment fire. …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1994138
- Recall date
- 30 August 1994
- Make
- Mazda
- Models
- MX-3
- Model years
- 1992 to 1994
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 7,430
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
NOTE: VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH V6 ENGINES.
WATER AND ROAD SALT CAN ENTER THE ALTERNATOR THROUGH A PRODUCTION PIN HOLE IN THE BUS BAR POSSIBLY CREATING AN ELECTRICAL SHORT CIRCUIT BETWEEN THE BUS BAR AND THE ALTERNATOR HEAT SHIELD. THIS CONDITION COULD CAUSE OVERHEATING AND RESULT IN AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE.
CORRECTION: VEHICLES WILL BE INSPECTED AND A MODIFIED HEAT SHIELD WILL BE INSTALLED IF THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATED IN AREAS OF HIGH ROAD SALT USE.
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 1994138.
Mazda elsewhere in this register
Mazda is named on 204 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1994111 · 13 June 1994 · B Series · Fuel System
- 1994175 · 4 November 1994 · B Series · Brakes
- 1994092 · 19 May 1994 · Rx-7 · Engine
- 1994027 · 10 February 1994 · 626, 929 · Structure
- 1995033 · 21 February 1995 · 626 · Seats And Restraints
- 1995067 · 7 April 1995 · Rx-7 · Fuel System
- 1995085 · 24 May 1995 · Mx-6, 929, 323 Wagon · Seats And Restraints
- 1993016 · 3 February 1993 · Protege · Seats And Restraints
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.
- 1994201 · 30 December 1994 · Acl, WG · Electrical
- 1994025 · 8 February 1994 · Corrado · Electrical
- 1994004 · 13 January 1994 · 911 Carrera · Electrical
- 1995011 · 3 February 1995 · Accent · Electrical
- 1995031 · 21 February 1995 · Tracer, Escort · Electrical
- 1993130 · 17 September 1993 · Skylark, Grand Am, Achieva · 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 Mazda: 204 in the register, and 202 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1994.
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