Pontiac Sunbird. Published by Transport Canada as 1996039 on 28 February 1996. System: Emissions.
What the notice says These vehicles were built with a hose in the crankcase ventilation system which may fail prematurely. this would cause the vehicle not to comply with c.m.v.s.s 1102 - crankcase emissions.
correction: dealers will replace the pcv hose on affected vehicles with a revised part.
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
- 1996039
- Recall date
- 28 February 1996
- Make
- Pontiac
- Models
- Sunbird
- Model years
- 1992
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Emissions
- Raised as
- Compliance MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 3,539
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THESE VEHICLES WERE BUILT WITH A HOSE IN THE CRANKCASE VENTILATION SYSTEM WHICH MAY FAIL PREMATURELY. THIS WOULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE NOT TO COMPLY WITH C.M.V.S.S 1102 - CRANKCASE EMISSIONS.
CORRECTION: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE PCV HOSE ON AFFECTED VEHICLES WITH A REVISED PART.
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 1996039.
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.
- 1996005 · 10 January 1996 · Sunfire · Lights And Instruments
- 1996080 · 29 May 1996 · Trans Am, Firebird · Other
- 1996094 · 20 June 1996 · S10, Corsica, Beretta · Emissions
- 1996099 · 11 July 1996 · Lesabre, Park Avenue, Ninety-Eight · Engine
- 1996107 · 19 July 1996 · Tracker, Sunrunner · Steering
- 1996162 · 8 October 1996 · Bonneville · Other
- 1996176 · 6 November 1996 · Firebird, Camaro · Seats And Restraints
- 1996206 · 13 December 1996 · Skylark, Grand Am · Steering
The same system: Emissions
175 notices in this register name Emissions. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1996050 · 19 March 1996 · Comanche, Yj, Cherokee · Emissions
- 1996060 · 11 April 1996 · 911 Turbo · Emissions
- 1996074 · 14 May 1996 · Ram · Emissions
- 1996094 · 20 June 1996 · S10, Corsica, Beretta · Emissions
- 1996147 · 20 September 1996 · Grand Wagoneer · Emissions
- 1995160 · 7 September 1995 · Yj · Emissions
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 209 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1996.
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