Saturn Coupe. Published by Transport Canada as 1996127 on 23 August 1996. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says These vehicles do not comply with c.m.v.s.s. 207 - anchorage of seats.
the front passenger seat may have less pawl engagement on the inboard fore/aft adjuster than normal. this could result in seat movement with a belted occupant during a moderate to severe frontal impact.
correction: passenger seat inboard fore/aft …
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
- 1996127
- Recall date
- 23 August 1996
- Make
- Saturn
- Models
- Coupe
- Model years
- 1997
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Compliance MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 130
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THESE VEHICLES DO NOT COMPLY WITH C.M.V.S.S. 207 - ANCHORAGE OF SEATS.
THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT MAY HAVE LESS PAWL ENGAGEMENT ON THE INBOARD FORE/AFT ADJUSTER THAN NORMAL. THIS COULD RESULT IN SEAT MOVEMENT WITH A BELTED OCCUPANT DURING A MODERATE TO SEVERE FRONTAL IMPACT.
CORRECTION: PASSENGER SEAT INBOARD FORE/AFT ADJUSTER WILL BE REPLACED.
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 1996127.
Saturn elsewhere in this register
Saturn is named on 73 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1996027 · 12 February 1996 · SW · Structure
- 1997085 · 21 April 1997 · SC, SW, SL · Other
- 1997147 · 28 August 1997 · SL · Steering
- 1997163 · 29 September 1997 · SC2, SC1 · Seats And Restraints
- 1997164 · 29 September 1997 · SC1, SC2 · Lights And Instruments
- 1997218 · 11 December 1997 · SL2, SC2, SW2 · Lights And Instruments
- 1994167 · 2 November 1994 · SC, SL · Powertrain
- 1994142 · 7 September 1994 · SL · Steering
The same system: Seats And Restraints
900 notices in this register name Seats And Restraints. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1996138 · 13 September 1996 · Pathfinder, D21 Pick Up · Seats And Restraints
- 1996119 · 31 July 1996 · 4 In 1 Car Seat, Infant Seat · Seats And Restraints
- 1996118 · 26 July 1996 · Windstar · Seats And Restraints
- 1996117 · 25 July 1996 · Jimmy, Blazer · Seats And Restraints
- 1996116 · 23 July 1996 · Grand Caravan, Voyager, Caravan · Seats And Restraints
- 1996153 · 30 September 1996 · Probe · Seats And Restraints
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 Saturn: 73 in the register, and 209 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1996.
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