Chevrolet Lumina Car, Monte Carlo, Grand Prix, Cutlass Supreme. Published by Transport Canada as 1999083 on 12 May 1999. System: Engine.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the spark plug wires may be causing the Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) to be illuminated, as well as causing rough idle and poor performance. These conditions may be due to a dielectric breakdown of the plastic extender piece at the boot joint of the spark plug wire. Correction: Dealers will …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1999083
- Recall date
- 12 May 1999
- Make
- Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile
- Models
- Lumina Car, Monte Carlo, Grand Prix, Cutlass Supreme
- Model years
- 1996 to 1997
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 3,107
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the spark plug wires may be causing the Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) to be illuminated, as well as causing rough idle and poor performance. These conditions may be due to a dielectric breakdown of the plastic extender piece at the boot joint of the spark plug wire. Correction: Dealers will replace all six spark plug wires with a new service spark plug wire assembly kit that is designed to be robust against dielectric breakdown failures.
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 1999083.
Chevrolet elsewhere in this register
Chevrolet is named on 880 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1999081 · 12 May 1999 · Monte Carlo, Lumina Car · Emissions
- 1999079 · 6 May 1999 · Sierra, Silverado · Emissions
- 1999067 · 16 April 1999 · Silhouette, Venture, Transport · Steering
- 1999116 · 9 June 1999 · C Series, K Series · Seats And Restraints
- 1999059 · 14 April 1999 · Transport, Venture · Brakes
- 1999119 · 11 June 1999 · G Series · Structure
- 1999135 · 26 July 1999 · Jimmy, Sonoma, Blazer · Brakes
- 1999029 · 26 February 1999 · Tracker · Other
The same system: Engine
287 notices in this register name Engine. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1999105 · 31 May 1999 · Gsx-R750, Gsx-R600 · Engine
- 1999016 · 15 February 1999 · Sunfire, Cavalier · Engine
- 1999022 · 15 February 1999 · Dyna Super Glide (fxd), Tour Glide (flt), Electra Glide (flh) · Engine
- 1998219 · 10 November 1998 · XJ12 · Engine
- 1998201 · 21 October 1998 · Intrigue · Engine
- 2000109 · 28 April 2000 · Cavalier, Sunfire · Engine
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 Chevrolet: 928 in the register, and 240 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1999.
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