Pontiac Firefly, Metro. Published by Transport Canada as 1998189 on 23 September 1998. System: Powertrain.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the automatic transaxle shift lever appears to be in PARK, but can easily be moved from the PARK position without the use of the key, transaxle lever detent button, or depressing the brake. If the shift lever were to come out of PARK while the vehicle is parked on a non-level surface, a roll away …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1998189
- Recall date
- 23 September 1998
- Make
- Pontiac, Geo
- Models
- Firefly, Metro
- Model years
- 1997
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Powertrain
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1,610
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the automatic transaxle shift lever appears to be in PARK, but can easily be moved from the PARK position without the use of the key, transaxle lever detent button, or depressing the brake. If the shift lever were to come out of PARK while the vehicle is parked on a non-level surface, a roll away could occur with the possibility of a crash without prior warning. Correction: Shifter assembly will be 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 1998189.
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.
- 1998193 · 28 September 1998 · Cutlass Supreme, Ciera, Lumina Car · Engine
- 1998179 · 14 September 1998 · Regal, Grand Prix, Cutlass Supreme · Emissions
- 1998170 · 26 August 1998 · Camaro, Firebird · Emissions
- 1998136 · 15 July 1998 · Cavalier, Sunfire · Seats And Restraints
- 1998247 · 22 December 1998 · Sunfire, Cavalier · Suspension
- 1998248 · 22 December 1998 · Alero, Grand Am · Steering
- 1998119 · 9 June 1998 · Silhouette, Venture, Transport · Powertrain
- 1998066 · 8 April 1998 · Venture, Silhouette, Transport · Brakes
The same system: Powertrain
823 notices in this register name Powertrain. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1998183 · 18 September 1998 · Pace Arrow · Powertrain
- 1998204 · 21 October 1998 · Colt, Summit, Vista · Powertrain
- 1998205 · 21 October 1998 · Swift · Powertrain
- 1998208 · 21 October 1998 · Contour, Mystique · Powertrain
- 1998160 · 20 August 1998 · Mach LT/Z, Grand Touring, MX Z 670 · Powertrain
- 1998223 · 13 November 1998 · 9100, 9200, 9400 · Powertrain
Reading this against the source
This page is what Transport Canada published in the Vehicle Recalls Database, kept as it was read. The authority publishes only its current wording; if a notice is rewritten, the earlier version disappears there and is kept here. The whole register is at /canada, and how the reading is done is set out in the method.
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 255 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1998.
Put this notice on your site
A small badge that links here and names the register's reference. It costs one line of HTML and needs no key.
The badge is free to use. It links to this page and nowhere else, and it never shows advertising.
Owners of these cars
No register publishes what happens after the letter. Owners do: tell us, in two taps.
Anonymous: no account, no cookie, nothing you type is stored beyond these choices. Figures appear once 3 owners have answered, and are published with the record under CC BY 4.0.