Chevrolet Monte Carlo, Lumina Car, Silhouette, Montana, Aztek, Grand Prix. Published by Transport Canada as 2002234 on 4 December 2002. System: Airbag.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the passenger air bag was manufactured without a check pin. An air bag without the check pin could produce increased pressure at the onset of the air bag deployment and reduced pressure afterward. This could increase the severity of injury to a person who was not properly restrained and who was …
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Chevrolet MONTE CARLO in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2002234
- Recall date
- 4 December 2002
- Make
- Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Pontiac
- Models
- Monte Carlo, Lumina Car, Silhouette, Montana, Aztek, Grand Prix, Venture
- Model years
- 1999 to 2001
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Airbag
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 127
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the passenger air bag was manufactured without a check pin. An air bag without the check pin could produce increased pressure at the onset of the air bag deployment and reduced pressure afterward. This could increase the severity of injury to a person who was not properly restrained and who was close to the passenger air bag at the time of deployment. It could also reduce the ability of the air bag to protect a restrained front seat passenger. Correction: Dealers are to inspect, and if necessary, replace the passenger air bag.
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 2002234.
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.
- 2002237 · 12 December 2002 · Express, Savana · Steering
- 2002225 · 22 November 2002 · Savana, Express · Steering
- 2002211 · 15 November 2002 · Express, Savana · Suspension
- 2002180 · 2 October 2002 · Kodiak C6500, Kodiak C7500, Kodiak C8500 · Electrical
- 2002166 · 20 September 2002 · Yukon, Tahoe, Escalade · Seats And Restraints
- 2002151 · 13 August 2002 · Envoy, Silhouette, Venture · Airbag
- 2002141 · 26 July 2002 · Kodiak 4500, Topkick 4500 · Suspension
- 2002121 · 3 July 2002 · Topkick C6, Kodiak C7, Topkick C7 · Fuel System
The same system: Airbag
734 notices in this register name Airbag. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2002236 · 9 December 2002 · Escort · Airbag
- 2002221 · 21 November 2002 · A4 · Airbag
- 2002215 · 19 November 2002 · 3 Series · Airbag
- 2002212 · 15 November 2002 · 900 · Airbag
- 2002201 · 6 November 2002 · Caravan, Grand Voyager, Voyager · Airbag
- 2002151 · 13 August 2002 · Envoy, Silhouette, Venture · Airbag
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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 246 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2002.
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