Buick Lesabre, Eighty-Eight, Bonneville. Published by Transport Canada as 1999080 on 6 May 1999. System: Powertrain.
What the notice says Certain vehicles do not comply with the requirements of CMVSS 102 - Transmission Shift Control Sequence.
A retaining clip which secures the manual valve to the linkage of the transmission detent lever, may become loose and allow the link to become disconnected from the manual valve. If the link disconnects, the …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1999080
- Recall date
- 6 May 1999
- Make
- Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac
- Models
- Lesabre, Eighty-Eight, Bonneville
- Model years
- 1999
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Powertrain
- Raised as
- Compliance MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 3,193
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Certain vehicles do not comply with the requirements of CMVSS 102 - Transmission Shift Control Sequence.
A retaining clip which secures the manual valve to the linkage of the transmission detent lever, may become loose and allow the link to become disconnected from the manual valve. If the link disconnects, the driver's indicated 'PRNDL' state may differ from the hydraulic state of the transmission. This does not affect the 'PARK' position, but if a driver selects 'DRIVE' and the transmission is actually in 'REVERSE', a crash could occur without warning. Correction: Dealers will replace the manual valve/link assembly with a replacement manual valve/link kit, featuring a spring-type fastener.
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 1999080.
Buick elsewhere in this register
Buick is named on 326 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1999128 · 28 June 1999 · Bonneville, Lesabre, Eighty-Eight · Emissions
- 1999136 · 26 July 1999 · Regal, Century · Electrical
- 1999161 · 31 August 1999 · Park Avenue, Aurora · Seats And Restraints
- 1999213 · 15 November 1999 · SLS, STS, Lesabre · Steering
- 1999225 · 30 November 1999 · Regal, Monte Carlo, Century · Emissions
- 1998193 · 28 September 1998 · Cutlass Supreme, Ciera, Lumina Car · Engine
- 1998179 · 14 September 1998 · Regal, Grand Prix, Cutlass Supreme · Emissions
- 2000002 · 4 January 2000 · Regal, Century, Grand Prix · Visual System
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.
- 1999078 · 6 May 1999 · Aerostar · Powertrain
- 1999107 · 7 June 1999 · St2 · Powertrain
- 1999113 · 8 June 1999 · XJ8 · Powertrain
- 1999125 · 24 June 1999 · FL70, FL50, FL60 · Powertrain
- 1999039 · 16 March 1999 · Trooper · Powertrain
- 1999030 · 2 March 1999 · Q45 · Powertrain
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Buick: 326 in the register, and 240 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1999.
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