Acura El. Published by Transport Canada as 2001264 on 1 November 2001. System: Engine.
What the notice says Certain passenger vehicles. During the assembly process, the air cleaner box cover may have been damaged, and a broken plastic piece could travel into the intake chamber. If the plastic piece lodges in the throttle body, the throttle could stick in a partially open position. Although the driver can always stop the …
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Acura EL in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Acura EL is named on 33 American notices. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2001264
- Recall date
- 1 November 2001
- Make
- Acura
- Models
- El
- Model years
- 2001
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 37
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Certain passenger vehicles. During the assembly process, the air cleaner box cover may have been damaged, and a broken plastic piece could travel into the intake chamber. If the plastic piece lodges in the throttle body, the throttle could stick in a partially open position. Although the driver can always stop the car by applying brake force, or by taking other actions(i.e., shift into neutral, turn off the ignition key, etc.), if the car continues to maintain speed when the driver is expecting it to slow, a crash could occur. Correction: Dealers will inspect the air cleaner box for damage. If damage is found, the dealer will locate and remove the broken plastic piece, and replace the air cleaner box lid.
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 2001264.
Acura elsewhere in this register
Acura is named on 106 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2001215 · 22 August 2001 · TL · Seats And Restraints
- 2001199 · 25 July 2001 · TL · Seats And Restraints
- 2001169 · 22 June 2001 · El · Fuel System
- 2001170 · 22 June 2001 · El · Fuel System
- 2001127 · 2 May 2001 · TL · Electrical
- 2001084 · 6 April 2001 · Legend · Electrical
- 2002063 · 2 April 2002 · TL, Accord · Airbag
- 2002084 · 15 May 2002 · RL · Electrical
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.
- 2001108 · 23 May 2001 · Transit Liner Er, Transit Liner HD, Saf-T-Liner Er · Engine
- 2001122 · 9 January 2001 · Range Rover · Engine
- 2002008 · 16 January 2002 · Santa Fe · Engine
- 2002107 · 6 July 2002 · Ram Van · Engine
- 2000306 · 29 December 2000 · Aerostar · Engine
- 2000308 · 29 December 2000 · Explorer · Engine
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on an Acura: 106 in the register, and 301 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2001.
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