Chevrolet Sonic. Published by Transport Canada as 2012304 on 17 September 2012. System: Electrical.
What the notice says Certain vehicles fail to conform to Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 108 – Lighting System and Retroreflective Devices. When a turn signal lamp fails to operate, the Body Control Module (BCM) in these vehicles does not detect this condition and will not alert the driver. As a result, the driver’s intentions to …
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Chevrolet SONIC in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Chevrolet SONIC is named on 11 American notices and 3 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2012304
- Recall date
- 17 September 2012
- Make
- Chevrolet
- Models
- Sonic
- Model years
- 2013
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Compliance MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 120
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Certain vehicles fail to conform to Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 108 – Lighting System and Retroreflective Devices. When a turn signal lamp fails to operate, the Body Control Module (BCM) in these vehicles does not detect this condition and will not alert the driver. As a result, the driver’s intentions to turn may not be conveyed clearly to other road users, increasing the risk of a crash causing property damage and/or personal injury. Correction: Dealers will reprogram the BCM and the vehicle’s key fobs.
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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.
- 2012307 · 18 September 2012 · Aura, Malibu, G6 · Powertrain
- 2012331 · 1 October 2012 · G6, Malibu, Malibu Maxx · Steering
- 2012283 · 17 August 2012 · Sonic · Visual System
- 2012282 · 16 August 2012 · 9-7x, Trailblazer, Envoy · Electrical
- 2012274 · 13 August 2012 · Epica, Aveo, Optra · Lights And Instruments
- 2012275 · 13 August 2012 · Optra · Lights And Instruments
- 2012265 · 8 August 2012 · Express, Savana · Fuel System
- 2012368 · 30 October 2012 · Camaro, Verano, Cruze · 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.
- 2012315 · 21 September 2012 · DS, S · Electrical
- 2012303 · 13 September 2012 · Octane Sport Toy Hauler, Greyhawk Motorhome, Melbourne · Electrical
- 2012223 · 23 July 2012 · Greyhawk Motorhome, Seneca Motorhome, Designer Fifth Wheel Trailer · Electrical
- 2012226 · 23 July 2012 · S, DS, Xu-Lsm · Electrical
- 2012221 · 20 July 2012 · X3-45 Coach, Xl2-45 Entertainer Coach Shell, X3-45 Vip · Electrical
- 2012204 · 5 July 2012 · X3-45 Coach · 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 Chevrolet: 928 in the register, and 444 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2012.
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