Oldsmobile Alero, Grand Am. Published by Transport Canada as 1998248 on 22 December 1998. System: Steering.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the steering wheel could become loose on the steering shaft due to insufficient torque on the steering wheel retaining nut. This could result in loss of steering control and a crash without prior warning. Correction: Dealers will inspect the steering wheel retaining nut for correct torque and …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1998248
- Recall date
- 22 December 1998
- Make
- Oldsmobile, Pontiac
- Models
- Alero, Grand Am
- Model years
- 1999
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 104
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the steering wheel could become loose on the steering shaft due to insufficient torque on the steering wheel retaining nut. This could result in loss of steering control and a crash without prior warning. Correction: Dealers will inspect the steering wheel retaining nut for correct torque and tighten as 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 1998248.
Oldsmobile elsewhere in this register
Oldsmobile is named on 204 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1998201 · 21 October 1998 · Intrigue · Engine
- 1998193 · 28 September 1998 · Cutlass Supreme, Ciera, Lumina Car · Engine
- 1998179 · 14 September 1998 · Regal, Grand Prix, Cutlass Supreme · Emissions
- 1998152 · 22 July 1998 · Silhouette, Venture · Seats And Restraints
- 1998119 · 9 June 1998 · Silhouette, Venture, Transport · Powertrain
- 1998109 · 28 May 1998 · Regal, Century, Intrigue · Lights And Instruments
- 1998110 · 28 May 1998 · Intrigue · Lights And Instruments
- 1998066 · 8 April 1998 · Venture, Silhouette, Transport · Brakes
The same system: Steering
582 notices in this register name Steering. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1998221 · 12 November 1998 · Ball Joint · Steering
- 1998218 · 10 November 1998 · Ranger · Steering
- 1998200 · 20 October 1998 · Silverado, Sierra · Steering
- 1998133 · 15 July 1998 · Camry · Steering
- 1998132 · 14 July 1998 · 102el3 · Steering
- 1998105 · 25 May 1998 · F-450 Super Duty, F-550 Super Duty, F-350 Super Duty · Steering
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 an Oldsmobile: 204 in the register, and 255 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1998.
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