Cadillac Srx. Published by Transport Canada as 2010170 on 28 May 2010. System: Engine.
What the notice says On certain vehicles equipped with a 2.8L V6 engine, if low octane (regular) fuel is used in the vehicle instead of the required high octane (premium) fuel, as stated in the owner manual and on the fuel filler door, the combination of regular fuel usage and aggressive driving maneuvers may induce pre-ignition. If …
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Cadillac SRX in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Cadillac SRX is named on 11 American notices, 4 British, 2 European, 4 Japanese and 8 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2010170
- Recall date
- 28 May 2010
- Make
- Cadillac
- Models
- SRX
- Model years
- 2010
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 78
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles equipped with a 2.8L V6 engine, if low octane (regular) fuel is used in the vehicle instead of the required high octane (premium) fuel, as stated in the owner manual and on the fuel filler door, the combination of regular fuel usage and aggressive driving maneuvers may induce pre-ignition. If pre-ignition occurs, the driver will hear a pinging or knocking sound from the engine, and if the vehicle continues to be driven after the onset of this noise a connecting rod or piston may break, resulting in engine failure which would disable the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash causing property damage, personal injury or death. Correction: Dealers will reprogram the engine control 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 2010170.
Cadillac elsewhere in this register
Cadillac is named on 228 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2010189 · 7 June 2010 · Lucerne, DTS, H2 · Accessories
- 2010080 · 16 March 2010 · CTS · Brakes
- 2010325 · 30 September 2010 · SRX · Steering
- 2010385 · 4 November 2010 · DTS, Lucerne · Electrical
- 2010446 · 16 December 2010 · Terrain, Equinox, SRX · Seats And Restraints
- 2010454 · 17 December 2010 · Escalade Ext, Avalanche, Escalade Esv · Suspension
- 2010458 · 20 December 2010 · CTS · Airbag
- 2011064 · 11 February 2011 · CTS · Suspension
The same system: Engine
287 notices in this register name Engine. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2010221 · 5 July 2010 · IS 350, GS 350, GS 450h · Engine
- 2010021 · 28 January 2010 · LFS · Engine
- 2010015 · 22 January 2010 · Vibe · Engine
- 2010006 · 14 January 2010 · Ii, V, Vi · Engine
- 2010413 · 17 November 2010 · Ce School Bus, HC Commercial Bus, 4400 · Engine
- 2010416 · 18 November 2010 · XC60, XC70, S80 · Engine
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Cadillac: 228 in the register, and 468 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2010.
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