Pontiac Grand Am, Alero, Malibu. Published by Transport Canada as 2004391 on 29 October 2004. System: Other.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, in hot ambient conditions, the accelerator pedal arm may stick at the attachment to the bracket and not return to the engine idle position when the operator removes the actuating force from the accelerator pedal. If the accelerator pedal does not return to the engine idle position, the throttle …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2004391
- Recall date
- 29 October 2004
- Make
- Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Chevrolet
- Models
- Grand Am, Alero, Malibu
- Model years
- 2003
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Other
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 18,955
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, in hot ambient conditions, the accelerator pedal arm may stick at the attachment to the bracket and not return to the engine idle position when the operator removes the actuating force from the accelerator pedal. If the accelerator pedal does not return to the engine idle position, the throttle valve will not close, which may result in an increased stopping distance. Correction: Dealers will inspect the accelerator pedal arm and, if necessary, replace the accelerator and brake pedal assembly.
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 2004391.
Pontiac elsewhere in this register
Pontiac is named on 332 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2004388 · 29 October 2004 · Cavalier, Sunfire · Lights And Instruments
- 2004412 · 24 November 2004 · Pursuit, Cobalt · Lights And Instruments
- 2004446 · 22 December 2004 · Transport, Silhouette, Venture · Other
- 2004213 · 7 July 2004 · Grand Am · Fuel System
- 2004211 · 6 July 2004 · Sunfire, Cavalier · Seats And Restraints
- 2004212 · 6 July 2004 · Grand Prix · Steering
- 2004198 · 16 June 2004 · Monte Carlo, Impala, Grand Prix · Brakes
- 2004033 · 28 January 2004 · Cavalier, Skylark, Sunfire · Electrical
The same system: Other
398 notices in this register name Other. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2004402 · 17 November 2004 · Vanquish V12, Vanquish S · Other
- 2004414 · 24 November 2004 · Range Rover · Other
- 2004416 · 24 November 2004 · Vii · Other
- 2004419 · 29 November 2004 · Tracker · Other
- 2004420 · 29 November 2004 · V · Other
- 2004421 · 30 November 2004 · Vitara · Other
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 notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Chevrolet Malibu, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Pontiac: 332 in the register, and 449 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2004.
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