Saturn Ion. Published by Transport Canada as 2004401 on 17 November 2004. System: Lights And Instruments.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the turn signal/daytime running lamp (DRL) bulb on either front side can become inoperative because of inadequate contact between the bulb and socket. If a front turn signal lamp is inoperative, others may react slowly to a turning vehicle and a crash could occur. Correction: Dealers will …
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Saturn ION in the other registers
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The American register
The European register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2004401
- Recall date
- 17 November 2004
- Make
- Saturn
- Models
- Ion
- Model years
- 2003 to 2004
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Lights And Instruments
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 18,512
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the turn signal/daytime running lamp (DRL) bulb on either front side can become inoperative because of inadequate contact between the bulb and socket. If a front turn signal lamp is inoperative, others may react slowly to a turning vehicle and a crash could occur. Correction: Dealers will replace the DRL/turn signal bulb on both the left and right front side.
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 2004401.
Saturn elsewhere in this register
Saturn is named on 73 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2004191 · 9 June 2004 · Ion · Fuel System
- 2005040 · 18 February 2005 · Montana, Uplander, Relay · Structure
- 2005112 · 21 April 2005 · LW · Seats And Restraints
- 2005168 · 2 June 2005 · LW, LS · Electrical
- 2005184 · 21 June 2005 · Uplander, Terraza, Montana SV6 · Brakes
- 2003344 · 23 December 2003 · Ion · Electrical
- 2003345 · 23 December 2003 · Ion · Fuel System
- 2003329 · 11 December 2003 · Vue · Label
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.
- 2004412 · 24 November 2004 · Pursuit, Cobalt · Lights And Instruments
- 2004417 · 25 November 2004 · Town Car · Lights And Instruments
- 2004423 · 3 December 2004 · Phantom · 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
- 2004174 · 21 May 2004 · Sportster 883 (xl), Sportster 1200 Sport (xl 1200s), Sportster 1200 (xl 1200) · Lights And Instruments
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Saturn: 73 in the register, and 449 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2004.
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