Pontiac Aztek, Montana, Venture, Silhouette, Rendezvous, Terraza. Published by Transport Canada as 2006199 on 15 August 2006. System: Suspension.
What the notice says On certain Aztek (AWD), Montana (AWD), Relay (AWD), RendezVous (AWD), RendezVous (FWD), Silhouette (AWD), Terraza (AWD), Terraza (FWD), Uplander (AWD) and Venture (AWD) vehicles equipped with independent rear suspension, when operated in extreme cold temperature and on rough roads, water and salt can intrude past the …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2006199
- Recall date
- 15 August 2006
- Make
- Pontiac, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Buick, Saturn
- Models
- Aztek, Montana, Venture, Silhouette, Rendezvous, Terraza, Montana SV6, Relay, Uplander
- Model years
- 2001 to 2007
- Vehicle class
- Minivan
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 49,116
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain Aztek (AWD), Montana (AWD), Relay (AWD), RendezVous (AWD), RendezVous (FWD), Silhouette (AWD), Terraza (AWD), Terraza (FWD), Uplander (AWD) and Venture (AWD) vehicles equipped with independent rear suspension, when operated in extreme cold temperature and on rough roads, water and salt can intrude past the ball joint seal. The combination of theses conditions may then lead to premature wear of the ball joint. If the ball joint wear progresses to the point of separation from the lower control arm, a loss of vehicle control may occur. Correction: Dealers will replace both ball joints with new ball joints which have a revised boot and ball stud to improve the seal to the ball stud shaft.
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 2006199.
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.
- 2006239 · 28 September 2006 · Wave, Aveo · Engine
- 2006266 · 17 October 2006 · Aveo, Wave · Fuel System
- 2006287 · 31 October 2006 · Allure, Grand Prix, Impala · Fuel System
- 2007103 · 29 March 2007 · G6 · Airbag
- 2007194 · 14 June 2007 · Equinox, Torrent · Other
- 2007262 · 9 August 2007 · Equinox, Torrent · Airbag
- 2005235 · 15 August 2005 · Aveo, Wave · Other
- 2007274 · 28 August 2007 · Grand Prix, Allure, Relay · Seats And Restraints
The same system: Suspension
746 notices in this register name Suspension. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2006175 · 17 July 2006 · Eightball, Vegas, Kingpin Deluxe · Suspension
- 2006225 · 18 September 2006 · Cougar 26sab · Suspension
- 2006256 · 5 October 2006 · 5600i 6x4, 7600 6x4 · Suspension
- 2006267 · 17 October 2006 · 3 Series · Suspension
- 2006141 · 12 June 2006 · S417 · Suspension
- 2006134 · 7 June 2006 · 6 Series, 7 Series, 5 Series · Suspension
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 Keystone Montana, 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 377 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2006.
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