Buick Park Avenue. Published by Transport Canada as 1997048 on 10 March 1997. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says Note: includes park avenue/ultra.
these vehicles do not comply with c.m.v.s.s. 210 - seat belt assembly anchorages. vehicles may have been assembled with centre rear seat belt anchor bolts not properly installed. in the event of a vehicle crash, the seat belt system may not withstand the required load and injury to …
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Buick PARK AVENUE in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Buick PARK AVENUE is named on 3 Israeli notices. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The Israeli register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1997048
- Recall date
- 10 March 1997
- Make
- Buick
- Models
- Park Avenue
- Model years
- 1997
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Compliance MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1,125
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
NOTE: INCLUDES PARK AVENUE/ULTRA.
THESE VEHICLES DO NOT COMPLY WITH C.M.V.S.S. 210 - SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY ANCHORAGES. VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN ASSEMBLED WITH CENTRE REAR SEAT BELT ANCHOR BOLTS NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED. IN THE EVENT OF A VEHICLE CRASH, THE SEAT BELT SYSTEM MAY NOT WITHSTAND THE REQUIRED LOAD AND INJURY TO THE SEAT OCCUPANT COULD OCCUR.
CORRECTION: CENTRE REAR SEAT BELT ANCHOR BOLTS WILL BE TIGHTENED TO SPECIFICATION.
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Buick elsewhere in this register
Buick is named on 326 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1997039 · 18 February 1997 · Regal, Cutlass Supreme, Grand Prix · Visual System
- 1997078 · 14 April 1997 · Grand Am, Skylark, Achieva · Electrical
- 1997090 · 23 April 1997 · Regal, Cutlass Supreme, Lumina Car · Seats And Restraints
- 1997091 · 28 April 1997 · Eldorado, Seville, Deville · Brakes
- 1997210 · 25 November 1997 · Regal · Brakes
- 1997219 · 11 December 1997 · Caprice, Custom Cruiser, Roadmaster · Brakes
- 1996205 · 13 December 1996 · Fleetwood, Roadmaster, Caprice · Suspension
- 1996206 · 13 December 1996 · Skylark, Grand Am · 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.
- 1997049 · 11 March 1997 · C Series, Yukon, Tahoe · Seats And Restraints
- 1997062 · 25 March 1997 · Cherokee · Seats And Restraints
- 1997041 · 19 February 1997 · Sentra · Seats And Restraints
- 1997028 · 12 February 1997 · Transport, Lumina Apv · Seats And Restraints
- 1997025 · 31 January 1997 · Adventurer · Seats And Restraints
- 1997026 · 31 January 1997 · Xl-40 Coach, H3-45 Coach, H3-41 Coach · Seats And Restraints
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Buick: 326 in the register, and 243 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1997.
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