Saturn Lw, Ls. Published by Transport Canada as 2005168 on 2 June 2005. System: Electrical.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the plastic housing in the rear tail lamp assembly can become distorted if the brake lamps remain on for an extended time. This can cause (1) an intermittently inoperative brake/tail lamp bulb or (2) a short circuit that opens a fuse causing inoperative brake lamps (including the center …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2005168
- Recall date
- 2 June 2005
- Make
- Saturn
- Models
- LW, LS
- Model years
- 2000 to 2004
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 15,080
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the plastic housing in the rear tail lamp assembly can become distorted if the brake lamps remain on for an extended time. This can cause (1) an intermittently inoperative brake/tail lamp bulb or (2) a short circuit that opens a fuse causing inoperative brake lamps (including the center high-mounted stop lamp) or tail lamps. The loss of one of both of the tail lamps/stop lamps could reduce the vehicle's visibility to following drivers and fail to warn others that the vehicle is braking and/or stopped, which could lead to a crash. Correction: Dealers will replace the lamp socket and, if necessary, the lamp housing 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 2005168.
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.
- 2005184 · 21 June 2005 · Uplander, Terraza, Montana SV6 · Brakes
- 2005112 · 21 April 2005 · LW · Seats And Restraints
- 2005040 · 18 February 2005 · Montana, Uplander, Relay · Structure
- 2005367 · 21 November 2005 · Ion · Lights And Instruments
- 2004401 · 17 November 2004 · Ion · Lights And Instruments
- 2004191 · 9 June 2004 · Ion · Fuel System
- 2006199 · 15 August 2006 · Aztek, Montana, Venture · Suspension
- 2006356 · 18 December 2006 · Vue · Airbag
The same system: Electrical
686 notices in this register name Electrical. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2005133 · 6 May 2005 · Ambulance · Electrical
- 2005208 · 13 July 2005 · Murano · Electrical
- 2005214 · 19 July 2005 · Fe School Bus, Ce School Bus, Be School Bus · Electrical
- 2005220 · 20 July 2005 · Rx-8 · Electrical
- 2005126 · 28 April 2005 · Sportsman 700, Sportsman 400, Sportsman 500 · Electrical
- 2005113 · 21 April 2005 · Aztek, Rendezvous · Electrical
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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 404 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2005.
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