Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid. Published by Transport Canada as 2008434 on 5 December 2008. System: Heater And Defroster.
What the notice says Certain vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of CMVSS 103 - Windshield Defrosting and Defogging. The Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system may fail. If this occurs, the blower would not function properly and the mode selector would remain in the last known setting. If the windshield …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2008434
- Recall date
- 5 December 2008
- Make
- Chevrolet
- Models
- Malibu Hybrid
- Model years
- 2009
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Heater And Defroster
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 14
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Certain vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of CMVSS 103 - Windshield Defrosting and Defogging. The Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system may fail. If this occurs, the blower would not function properly and the mode selector would remain in the last known setting. If the windshield began to fog or frost, there may not be enough airflow to safely clear the windshield, resulting in reduced driver visibility, which may lead to a vehicle crash with injury or death. Correction: Dealers will reprogram the HVAC control head module.
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 2008434.
Chevrolet elsewhere in this register
Chevrolet is named on 880 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2008424 · 25 November 2008 · Traverse, Enclave, Acadia · Seats And Restraints
- 2008364 · 7 October 2008 · Impala · Airbag
- 2008322 · 4 September 2008 · HHR · Other
- 2008313 · 29 August 2008 · Lucerne, DTS, H2 · Other
- 2008268 · 30 July 2008 · Express, Savana · Powertrain
- 2008263 · 28 July 2008 · Topkick 7500, Kodiak 8500, Kodiak 7500 · Fuel System
- 2008249 · 14 July 2008 · Express, Savana · Powertrain
- 2008244 · 9 July 2008 · Express, Savana · Structure
The same system: Heater And Defroster
113 notices in this register name Heater And Defroster. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2008134 · 24 April 2008 · LFS · Heater And Defroster
- 2009135 · 8 May 2009 · Ram · Heater And Defroster
- 2009237 · 6 August 2009 · Innsbrook Lazer, Conquest Clipper, Kingsport · Heater And Defroster
- 2007390 · 6 December 2007 · XC90 · Heater And Defroster
- 2009363 · 21 December 2009 · Equinox, Terrain · Heater And Defroster
- 2007374 · 26 November 2007 · Ottawa 50, Ottawa 60t, Ottawa 4x2 · Heater And Defroster
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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 Malibu, 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 Chevrolet: 928 in the register, and 458 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2008.
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