Cadillac Xts. Published by Transport Canada as 2012367 on 29 October 2012. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the rear seat headrest mechanisms may not lock in the upright position after the headrests are folded. Failure of the headrests to remain in the upright position could increase the seat occupant’s risk of personal injury during a crash. Correction: Dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace …
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Cadillac XTS in the other registers
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The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2012367
- Recall date
- 29 October 2012
- Make
- Cadillac
- Models
- XTS
- Model years
- 2013
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 181
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the rear seat headrest mechanisms may not lock in the upright position after the headrests are folded. Failure of the headrests to remain in the upright position could increase the seat occupant’s risk of personal injury during a crash. Correction: Dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace the rear seat headrest assemblies.
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 2012367.
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.
- 2013001 · 31 December 2012 · Sierra HD, Escalade Esv, Avalanche · Other
- 2013083 · 15 March 2013 · SRX, Lacrosse · Powertrain
- 2013166 · 16 May 2013 · SRX · Wheels
- 2013176 · 24 May 2013 · XTS, Ats, Impala · Lights And Instruments
- 2011437 · 21 December 2011 · SRX · Powertrain
- 2011385 · 3 November 2011 · CTS · Brakes
- 2013356 · 16 October 2013 · Sonic, Ats, XTS · Lights And Instruments
- 2011240 · 28 June 2011 · Suburban, Escalade Esv, Yukon · Steering
The same system: Seats And Restraints
900 notices in this register name Seats And Restraints. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2012356 · 18 October 2012 · VHD, VN · Seats And Restraints
- 2012355 · 17 October 2012 · Workstar · Seats And Restraints
- 2012407 · 5 December 2012 · Radian RXT · Seats And Restraints
- 2012408 · 5 December 2012 · Cortina Fuego, Keyfit Graphica, Keyfit Romantic · Seats And Restraints
- 2012411 · 7 December 2012 · Monterey Ca15000 · Seats And Restraints
- 2012413 · 10 December 2012 · R100 · Seats And Restraints
Reading this against the source
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This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Cadillac XTS, 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 Cadillac: 228 in the register, and 444 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2012.
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