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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. rnCORRECTION: A PROTECTIVE COVER WILL BE INSTALLED IF NECESSARY.

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.

The Canadian register on this site

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