Pontiac G8, Caprice. Published by Transport Canada as 2014379 on 9 September 2014. System: Electrical.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, there is a risk that some drivers may bump the ignition key with their knee and unintentionally move the key from out of the "run" position. If this were to occur, engine power, power braking and power steering would be affected, which would unexpectedly increase steering and brake pedal effort, …
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Transport Canada carries this recall as 2014379, dated 9 September 2014. The American register carries the same defect as campaign 14V540, dated 9 September 2014. They are the same defect because the manufacturer filed both under one internal campaign code, 14445.
| Canada | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Number | 2014379 | 14V540 |
| Dated | 9 September 2014 | 9 September 2014 |
| Register | Transport Canada | NHTSA |
| Make | Pontiac | |
Both registers carry the same date for this defect.
These are the dates each register records against its own notice. They are separate administrative acts in two countries, recorded by two authorities under two sets of rules, and this page does not claim that one caused the other or that owners in either country were contacted on those days. What it shows is that the same manufacturer campaign reached the two registers on different dates.
Read the American notice 14V540, including every earlier version of its wording this site holds. The Canadian register explains why the manufacturer code is published there and what that makes possible. Canada and America sets every matched pair side by side.
Pontiac G8 in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Pontiac G8 is named on 1 American notices. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2014379
- Recall date
- 9 September 2014
- Make
- Pontiac, Chevrolet
- Models
- G8, Caprice
- Model years
- 2008 to 2011
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 2,868
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, there is a risk that some drivers may bump the ignition key with their knee and unintentionally move the key from out of the "run" position. If this were to occur, engine power, power braking and power steering would be affected, which would unexpectedly increase steering and brake pedal effort, potentially increasing stopping distances and the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. The timing of the key movement out of the "run" position, relative to the activation of the sensing algorithm of the crash event, may also result in the airbags not deploying in a subsequent collision, increasing the risk of injury. Correction: Dealers will remove the key blade from the original flip key/transmitter assemblies provided with the vehicle, and will cut and fit the revised key blade and housing assembly, in which the blade has been indexed by 90 degrees to the original transmitter assembly. Important note: Until the correction is performed, drivers should adjust their seat and steering column to allow clearance between their knee and the ignition key.
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 2014379.
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.
- 2014317 · 29 July 2014 · Optra, Aveo, G3 Wave · Brakes
- 2014301 · 16 July 2014 · Vibe · Airbag
- 2014284 · 3 July 2014 · Malibu, Intrigue, Grand Am · Electrical
- 2014568 · 15 December 2014 · Vibe · Airbag
- 2014185 · 22 May 2014 · Aveo, G3 Wave, Wave · Electrical
- 2014173 · 16 May 2014 · Malibu, Malibu Maxx, G6 · Electrical
- 2014160 · 1 May 2014 · Malibu Maxx, Malibu, G6 · Powertrain
- 2014145 · 22 April 2014 · Vibe · 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.
- 2014398 · 15 September 2014 · Outlander · Electrical
- 2014404 · 18 September 2014 · Grand Cherokee, Charger, Magnum · Electrical
- 2014408 · 18 September 2014 · Fz09er, Fz09eo, Fz09eg · Electrical
- 2014424 · 30 September 2014 · Cascadia · Electrical
- 2014425 · 30 September 2014 · Mountain Aire Class A Motorhome, Bay Star Class A Motorhome, King Aire Diesel Pusher Motorhome · Electrical
- 2014434 · 3 October 2014 · Hideout · Electrical
Reading this against the source
This page is what Transport Canada published in the Vehicle Recalls Database, kept as it was read. The authority publishes only its current wording; if a notice is rewritten, the earlier version disappears there and is kept here. The whole register is at /canada, and how the reading is done is set out in the method.
What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Chevrolet Caprice, 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 591 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2014.
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