Saab 900. Published by Transport Canada as 1998163 on 20 August 1998. System: Lights And Instruments.
What the notice says These vehicles do not comply with c.m.v.s.s. 108 - lighting system and retroreflective devices. the section titled "headlamp aiming" was omitted from the owner's manual.
correction: dealers will insert a page supplement in the owner's manual containing the instructions on headlamp aiming.
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Saab 900 in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Saab 900 is named on 14 British notices and 3 Japanese. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The British register
The Japanese register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1998163
- Recall date
- 20 August 1998
- Make
- Saab
- Models
- 900
- Model years
- 1994 to 1998
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Lights And Instruments
- Raised as
- Compliance MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 4,340
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THESE VEHICLES DO NOT COMPLY WITH C.M.V.S.S. 108 - LIGHTING SYSTEM AND RETROREFLECTIVE DEVICES. THE SECTION TITLED "HEADLAMP AIMING" WAS OMITTED FROM THE OWNER'S MANUAL.
CORRECTION: DEALERS WILL INSERT A PAGE SUPPLEMENT IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL CONTAINING THE INSTRUCTIONS ON HEADLAMP AIMING.
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 1998163.
Saab elsewhere in this register
Saab is named on 70 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1999114 · 8 June 1999 · 9000 · Seats And Restraints
- 1999167 · 20 September 1999 · 9-3 · Seats And Restraints
- 1997099 · 9 May 1997 · 900 · Engine
- 1996070 · 7 May 1996 · 900 · Seats And Restraints
- 1996046 · 18 March 1996 · 900 · Steering
- 2001235 · 10 March 2001 · 9-3 · Steering
- 1995187 · 20 October 1995 · 9000 · Seats And Restraints
- 2001191 · 3 July 2001 · 900 · Airbag
The same system: Lights And Instruments
900 notices in this register name Lights And Instruments. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1998177 · 8 September 1998 · Class B · Lights And Instruments
- 1998118 · 5 June 1998 · VNL, VNM · Lights And Instruments
- 1998112 · 3 June 1998 · Prowler · Lights And Instruments
- 1998109 · 28 May 1998 · Regal, Century, Intrigue · Lights And Instruments
- 1998110 · 28 May 1998 · Intrigue · Lights And Instruments
- 1998108 · 27 May 1998 · Boxster · Lights And Instruments
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 Saab: 70 in the register, and 255 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1998.
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