Volvo 800 Series. Published by Transport Canada as 1996130 on 6 September 1996. System: Engine.
What the notice says On certrain Volvo 850, the block heater contact surface may not match correctly with the engine block as intended. In extreme circumstances the block heater may come loose from the engine block, and if being used, could possibly overheat, which may cause damage or fire if it comes in contact with other engine …
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Volvo 800 SERIES in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Volvo 800 SERIES is named on 6 British notices. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The British register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1996130
- Recall date
- 6 September 1996
- Make
- Volvo
- Models
- 800 Series
- Model years
- 1993
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 3,600
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certrain Volvo 850, the block heater contact surface may not match correctly with the engine block as intended. In extreme circumstances the block heater may come loose from the engine block, and if being used, could possibly overheat, which may cause damage or fire if it comes in contact with other engine compartment components. Correction: Bolts used to install the heater will be secured. Where surface tolerances are inappropriate, block heater will be replaced with a heater of modified design.
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 1996130.
Volvo elsewhere in this register
Volvo is named on 312 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1996144 · 18 September 1996 · Acl, WG · Brakes
- 1996161 · 7 October 1996 · 800 Series, 900 Series · Engine
- 1996196 · 9 December 1996 · Wca, Acl, Fe · Suspension
- 1996082 · 31 May 1996 · 700 Series · Electrical
- 1996081 · 30 May 1996 · Wia, WG, Wca · Brakes
- 1996054 · 28 March 1996 · WHL, Wca, Wia · Steering
- 1996041 · 29 February 1996 · Fe, Wah, Wca · Suspension
- 1997054 · 19 March 1997 · VN · Lights And Instruments
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.
- 1996021 · 2 February 1996 · Conventional · Engine
- 1996016 · 25 January 1996 · Ranger · Engine
- 1996011 · 16 January 1996 · Mach Z · Engine
- 1996008 · 10 January 1996 · B Series · Engine
- 1996009 · 10 January 1996 · Cirrus, Stratus, Grand Caravan · Engine
- 1997010 · 21 January 1997 · F-150 · 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 Volvo: 312 in the register, and 209 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1996.
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