Volvo 700 Series, 900 Series. Published by Transport Canada as 1997186 on 29 October 1997. System: Electrical.
What the notice says On certain Volvo 780, 944SE and 945SE, there is the possibility of chafing of the insulation on the cables feeding the seat heater, power seat motors and seatbelt warning indicator. This could lead to a low amp short circuit. These cables are located under the front seat. Correction: Cables will be inspected and if …
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Volvo 700 SERIES in the other registers
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The British register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1997186
- Recall date
- 29 October 1997
- Make
- Volvo
- Models
- 700 Series, 900 Series
- Model years
- 1987 to 1991
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 612
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain Volvo 780, 944SE and 945SE, there is the possibility of chafing of the insulation on the cables feeding the seat heater, power seat motors and seatbelt warning indicator. This could lead to a low amp short circuit. These cables are located under the front seat. Correction: Cables will be inspected and if necessary, repaired or replaced.
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 1997186.
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.
- 1997160 · 22 September 1997 · VN · Brakes
- 1997151 · 8 September 1997 · VN · Visual System
- 1997234 · 29 December 1997 · Fe7, Fe6, Fe · Seats And Restraints
- 1997089 · 23 April 1997 · VN · Structure
- 1997055 · 20 March 1997 · Wca, WG, Wia · Other
- 1997054 · 19 March 1997 · VN · Lights And Instruments
- 1998007 · 20 January 1998 · Acl, Wah, VNL · Suspension
- 1998118 · 5 June 1998 · VNL, VNM · Lights And Instruments
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.
- 1997132 · 23 July 1997 · Postal Vehicle · Electrical
- 1997116 · 9 June 1997 · Explorer · Electrical
- 1997101 · 20 May 1997 · Rodeo · Electrical
- 1997001 · 6 January 1997 · SL Class · Electrical
- 1998015 · 27 January 1998 · LS 400, SC 400 · Electrical
- 1998020 · 2 February 1998 · Durango · Electrical
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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 243 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1997.
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