Pontiac Grand Am, Skylark, Achieva. Published by Transport Canada as 1997078 on 14 April 1997. System: Electrical.
What the notice says The protective cover for the underhood fuse centre may have been omitted on these vehicles. without this cover, the positive terminal bolt on the fuse block is exposed, and may come in contact with the insulated negative battery cable. prolonged contact may result in abrasion of the negative cable insulation and …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1997078
- Recall date
- 14 April 1997
- Make
- Pontiac, Buick, Oldsmobile
- Models
- Grand Am, Skylark, Achieva
- Model years
- 1997
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 279
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THE PROTECTIVE COVER FOR THE UNDERHOOD FUSE CENTRE MAY HAVE BEEN OMITTED ON THESE VEHICLES. WITHOUT THIS COVER, THE POSITIVE TERMINAL BOLT ON THE FUSE BLOCK IS EXPOSED, AND MAY COME IN CONTACT WITH THE INSULATED NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE. PROLONGED CONTACT MAY RESULT IN ABRASION OF THE NEGATIVE CABLE INSULATION AND COULD CAUSE AN EXTREMELY HIGH CURRENT SHORT CIRCUIT BETWEEN THE POSITIVE TERMINAL AND THE NEGATIVE CABLE. THIS CURRENT FLOW COULD CAUSE ARCING AND RESULT IN AN UNDERHOOD FIRE.
CORRECTION: A PROTECTIVE COVER WILL BE INSTALLED IF NECESSARY.
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 1997078.
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.
- 1997090 · 23 April 1997 · Regal, Cutlass Supreme, Lumina Car · Seats And Restraints
- 1997094 · 7 May 1997 · Lumina Apv, Transport · Steering
- 1997114 · 6 June 1997 · Grand Am · Emissions
- 1997039 · 18 February 1997 · Regal, Cutlass Supreme, Grand Prix · Visual System
- 1997028 · 12 February 1997 · Transport, Lumina Apv · Seats And Restraints
- 1997125 · 26 June 1997 · Sunfire, Cavalier · Suspension
- 1996208 · 30 December 1996 · Sunfire, Achieva, Cavalier · Lights And Instruments
- 1996206 · 13 December 1996 · Skylark, Grand Am · Steering
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.
- 1997101 · 20 May 1997 · Rodeo · Electrical
- 1997116 · 9 June 1997 · Explorer · Electrical
- 1997001 · 6 January 1997 · SL Class · Electrical
- 1997132 · 23 July 1997 · Postal Vehicle · Electrical
- 1996126 · 23 August 1996 · Defender · Electrical
- 1996108 · 21 July 1996 · Southwind, Pace Arrow, Bounder · 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 Pontiac: 332 in the register, and 243 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1997.
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