Saturn Vue, Equinox, Torrent. Published by Transport Canada as 2008077 on 4 March 2008. System: Lights And Instruments.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the Daytime Running Lamp (DRL) resistor may crack. If water and road salt enters the crack, it could corrode the resistor. This could result in a loss of DRL illumination, and therefore, vehicles may be less visible to other motorists and pedestrians during daylight hours, possibly resulting in …
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Saturn VUE in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2008077
- Recall date
- 4 March 2008
- Make
- Saturn, Chevrolet, Pontiac
- Models
- Vue, Equinox, Torrent
- Model years
- 2002 to 2007
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Lights And Instruments
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 78,583
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the Daytime Running Lamp (DRL) resistor may crack. If water and road salt enters the crack, it could corrode the resistor. This could result in a loss of DRL illumination, and therefore, vehicles may be less visible to other motorists and pedestrians during daylight hours, possibly resulting in a crash causing personal injury or death. Correction: Dealers will replace the resistor until 7 years or 112,000 km from date vehicle was originally placed into service.
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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.
- 2008283 · 13 August 2008 · Acadia, Outlook, Enclave · Other
- 2008313 · 29 August 2008 · Lucerne, DTS, H2 · Other
- 2008339 · 16 September 2008 · Vue · Steering
- 2008420 · 20 November 2008 · Astra · Label
- 2008424 · 25 November 2008 · Traverse, Enclave, Acadia · Seats And Restraints
- 2008425 · 25 November 2008 · Vue · Steering
- 2007417 · 19 December 2007 · STS, Cts-V, SRX · Powertrain
- 2007362 · 9 November 2007 · LS, LW · Engine
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.
- 2008108 · 31 March 2008 · Business Class M2 · Lights And Instruments
- 2008061 · 21 February 2008 · Business Class M2 · Lights And Instruments
- 2008056 · 18 February 2008 · Ninja 250r · Lights And Instruments
- 2008112 · 2 April 2008 · Magna, Intrigue, Affinity · Lights And Instruments
- 2008126 · 15 April 2008 · BORÉAL · Lights And Instruments
- 2008142 · 28 April 2008 · T800, T600, T2000 · Lights And Instruments
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This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Chevrolet Equinox, 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 Saturn: 73 in the register, and 458 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2008.
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