Chevrolet Cavalier, Sunfire. Published by Transport Canada as 2004388 on 29 October 2004. System: Lights And Instruments.
What the notice says Certain vehicles were produced without the required dielectric grease being applied to the rear light bulb socket assemblies. Absence of the grease can result in electrical arcing between the light bulb major filament contact and the socket terminal that can render the stop and turn signal bulb inoperative. An …
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Chevrolet CAVALIER in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2004388
- Recall date
- 29 October 2004
- Make
- Chevrolet, Pontiac
- Models
- Cavalier, Sunfire
- Model years
- 2003
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Lights And Instruments
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 79,716
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Certain vehicles were produced without the required dielectric grease being applied to the rear light bulb socket assemblies. Absence of the grease can result in electrical arcing between the light bulb major filament contact and the socket terminal that can render the stop and turn signal bulb inoperative. An inoperative rear turn signal lamp will not convey the driver's intention to turn to drivers in following vehicles. If a stop lamp is inoperative, indication of brake application to a following vehicle will be reduced, although during braking, warning to the rear of the vehicle will be conveyed by the remaining functional stop lamp and the center high-mounted stop lamp. Correction: Dealers will replace the rear lamp bulb socket assemblies.
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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.
- 2004389 · 29 October 2004 · XLR, Corvette · Brakes
- 2004390 · 29 October 2004 · Envoy XL, Bravada, Envoy · Lights And Instruments
- 2004391 · 29 October 2004 · Grand Am, Alero, Malibu · Other
- 2004412 · 24 November 2004 · Pursuit, Cobalt · Lights And Instruments
- 2004419 · 29 November 2004 · Tracker · Other
- 2004446 · 22 December 2004 · Transport, Silhouette, Venture · Other
- 2004303 · 24 August 2004 · Aveo · Seats And Restraints
- 2004304 · 24 August 2004 · Epica · Engine
The same system: Lights And Instruments
900 notices in this register name Lights And Instruments. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2004401 · 17 November 2004 · Ion · Lights And Instruments
- 2004412 · 24 November 2004 · Pursuit, Cobalt · Lights And Instruments
- 2004417 · 25 November 2004 · Town Car · Lights And Instruments
- 2004356 · 28 September 2004 · 4300 4x2, 4200 4x2, 3300 School Bus · Lights And Instruments
- 2004324 · 9 September 2004 · TSX · Lights And Instruments
- 2004423 · 3 December 2004 · Phantom · Lights And Instruments
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