Pontiac Vibe. Published by Transport Canada as 2013033 on 30 January 2013. System: Airbag.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, a defect in the supplemental restraint system could result in an inadvertent deployment of the front airbag(s) and/or seatbelt pretensioner(s). Unintended seatbelt pretensioner and/or airbag deployment, in a non-warranted (non-impact) situation, could startle the driver, which could result in a …
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Pontiac VIBE in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Pontiac VIBE is named on 4 American notices, 1 European and 1 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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The European register
The Israeli register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2013033
- Recall date
- 30 January 2013
- Make
- Pontiac
- Models
- Vibe
- Model years
- 2003 to 2004
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Airbag
- Raised as
- Superseded
- Vehicles affected
- 20,598
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, a defect in the supplemental restraint system could result in an inadvertent deployment of the front airbag(s) and/or seatbelt pretensioner(s). Unintended seatbelt pretensioner and/or airbag deployment, in a non-warranted (non-impact) situation, could startle the driver, which could result in a vehicle crash causing property damage and/or personal injury. In some instances, inadvertent deployment could cause minor injuries to vehicle occupants. Correction: Dealers will install an in-line jumper wiring harness to correct the issue.
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 2013033.
Pontiac elsewhere in this register
Pontiac is named on 332 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2013116 · 12 April 2013 · Vibe · Airbag
- 2012342 · 10 October 2012 · Vibe · Electrical
- 2012331 · 1 October 2012 · G6, Malibu, Malibu Maxx · Steering
- 2012307 · 18 September 2012 · Aura, Malibu, G6 · Powertrain
- 2012274 · 13 August 2012 · Epica, Aveo, Optra · Lights And Instruments
- 2012161 · 17 May 2012 · Uplander, Montana · Brakes
- 2014038 · 10 February 2014 · Cobalt, Pursuit, G5 · Electrical
- 2014060 · 26 February 2014 · Ion, Solstice, HHR · Electrical
The same system: Airbag
734 notices in this register name Airbag. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2013032 · 30 January 2013 · Matrix, Corolla · Airbag
- 2013018 · 18 January 2013 · Pilot, Odyssey · Airbag
- 2013046 · 7 February 2013 · Viper · Airbag
- 2013066 · 27 February 2013 · Gladiator, Metro Star · Airbag
- 2013079 · 14 March 2013 · Pathfinder, Altima, JX35 · Airbag
- 2013101 · 5 April 2013 · 300, Charger, Challenger · Airbag
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This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Pontiac Vibe, 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 Pontiac: 332 in the register, and 466 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2013.
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