Orion V. Published by Transport Canada as 1998198 on 14 October 1998. System: Electrical.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the engine starter power cables could chafe against the transmission and short to ground through the transmission components, including the engine cooler line. The high current in the starter cable could damage adjacent transmission cooler lines and cause a fluid leak. The combination of leaking …
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Orion V in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1998198
- Recall date
- 14 October 1998
- Make
- Orion
- Models
- V
- Model years
- 1996 to 1997
- Vehicle class
- Bus
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 239
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the engine starter power cables could chafe against the transmission and short to ground through the transmission components, including the engine cooler line. The high current in the starter cable could damage adjacent transmission cooler lines and cause a fluid leak. The combination of leaking transmission fluid and starter cable electrical discharge could start a fire fueled by the leaking fluid. Correction: vehicles will be inspected and starter cable will be rerouted 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 1998198.
Orion elsewhere in this register
Orion is named on 52 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1998199 · 15 October 1998 · Vi, V · Seats And Restraints
- 1998169 · 26 August 1998 · Ii · Electrical
- 1998156 · 29 July 1998 · Vi, V · Steering
- 1998140 · 20 July 1998 · Vi · Brakes
- 1998139 · 17 July 1998 · Ii · Engine
- 1998111 · 28 May 1998 · V, Vi · Heater And Defroster
- 1998075 · 20 April 1998 · V, Vi · Brakes
- 1999003 · 11 January 1999 · Vi · 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.
- 1998202 · 21 October 1998 · 626 · Electrical
- 1998217 · 10 November 1998 · Q45 · Electrical
- 1998116 · 5 June 1998 · 9300, 9800, 9200 · Electrical
- 1998101 · 20 May 1998 · Beetle · Electrical
- 1998025 · 16 February 1998 · Diablo Roadster · Electrical
- 1998023 · 10 February 1998 · Cavalier, Sunfire, Achieva · Electrical
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Orion: 52 in the register, and 255 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1998.
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