Saab 9-3. Published by Transport Canada as 2004427 on 8 December 2004. System: Fuel System.
What the notice says On certain Saab 9-3 convertible and 9-3 Viggen vehicles, the fuel pump retaining tabs holding the fuel lines were damaged during production. Over time, this could cause the fuel lines to loosen from the pump resulting in fuel leakage. If an ignition source were present, the fuel may ignite resulting in a vehicle …
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Saab 9-3 in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2004427
- Recall date
- 8 December 2004
- Make
- Saab
- Models
- 9-3
- Model years
- 2001 to 2002
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Fuel System
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 381
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain Saab 9-3 convertible and 9-3 Viggen vehicles, the fuel pump retaining tabs holding the fuel lines were damaged during production. Over time, this could cause the fuel lines to loosen from the pump resulting in fuel leakage. If an ignition source were present, the fuel may ignite resulting in a vehicle fire. Correction: Dealers will install a bracket that will secure the fuel lines to the fuel pump even if the plastic retaining tabs should break.
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 2004427.
Saab elsewhere in this register
Saab is named on 70 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2004160 · 12 May 2004 · 9-3 · Seats And Restraints
- 2005179 · 14 June 2005 · 9-5 · Other
- 2005271 · 20 September 2005 · 9-3, 9-5 · Electrical
- 2006095 · 26 April 2006 · 9-3 · Fuel System
- 2002247 · 23 December 2002 · 9-5 · Suspension
- 2002212 · 15 November 2002 · 900 · Airbag
- 2002095 · 24 May 2002 · 9-3 · Brakes
- 2002003 · 4 January 2002 · 9-5 · Steering
The same system: Fuel System
866 notices in this register name Fuel System. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2004435 · 13 December 2004 · Beetle, Golf, Passat · Fuel System
- 2004444 · 21 December 2004 · Topaz · Fuel System
- 2004445 · 21 December 2004 · Suncruiser, Sunrise, Sightseer · Fuel System
- 2004362 · 1 October 2004 · Fe640, FH210 · Fuel System
- 2004344 · 21 September 2004 · Sportsman 700 · Fuel System
- 2004337 · 14 September 2004 · X-Type · Fuel System
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Saab: 70 in the register, and 449 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2004.
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