Pontiac Grand Prix, Regal, Intrigue, Lumina Car, Monte Carlo, Impala. Published by Transport Canada as 2015501 on 23 October 2015. System: Engine.
What the notice says On certain vehicles equipped with a 3.8L engine, degradation of the front rocker cover gasket may result in eventual oil seepage. Under hard braking, drops of engine oil may be deposited on the exhaust manifold. If the manifold is hot enough and the oil runs below the heat shield, it may ignite into a small flame …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Transport Canada carries this recall as 2015501, dated 23 October 2015. The American register carries the same defect as campaign 15V701, dated 26 October 2015. They are the same defect because the manufacturer filed both under one internal campaign code, 15757.
| Canada | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Number | 2015501 | 15V701 |
| Dated | 23 October 2015 | 26 October 2015 |
| Register | Transport Canada | NHTSA |
| Make | Pontiac | |
The two registers are 3 days apart: the Canadian entry is dated first, the American one second.
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 15V701, 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.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2015501
- Recall date
- 23 October 2015
- Make
- Pontiac, Buick, Oldsmobile, Chevrolet
- Models
- Grand Prix, Regal, Intrigue, Lumina Car, Monte Carlo, Impala
- Model years
- 1997 to 2004
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 105,933
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles equipped with a 3.8L engine, degradation of the front rocker cover gasket may result in eventual oil seepage. Under hard braking, drops of engine oil may be deposited on the exhaust manifold. If the manifold is hot enough and the oil runs below the heat shield, it may ignite into a small flame and, in some instances, the fire may spread to the plastic spark plug wire channel and beyond. An under-hood fire could result in injury and/or property damage. Correction: Dealers will replace the engine’s front valve cover and front-valve-cover gasket with new parts. The engine’s plastic “beauty” cover and plastic oil-fill-tube extension will also be removed, if they haven’t been already. Note: This recall supersedes and is an expansion of recalls 2008-081, 2009-105 and 2015-145. All vehicles having been inspected and/or serviced under the previous recall will require re-inspection and repair.
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 2015501.
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.
- 2015496 · 22 October 2015 · Vibe · Electrical
- 2015365 · 12 August 2015 · Allure, Trailblazer Ext, Envoy XL · Lights And Instruments
- 2015274 · 18 June 2015 · G8, Caprice · Seats And Restraints
- 2015272 · 18 June 2015 · Vibe · Airbag
- 2015145 · 2 April 2015 · Grand Prix, Impala, Regal · Engine
- 2015048 · 4 February 2015 · Malibu, Malibu Maxx, G6 · Steering
- 2015010 · 9 January 2015 · Pursuit, Cobalt, G5 · Steering
- 2016106 · 3 March 2016 · Vibe · Airbag
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.
- 2015504 · 23 October 2015 · Jetta, Passat, Beetle · Engine
- 2015500 · 23 October 2015 · Leu, Mru · Engine
- 2015484 · 16 October 2015 · Cascadia, Business Class M2, 4900 · Engine
- 2015546 · 18 November 2015 · Durastar, Lonestar, Prostar · Engine
- 2015418 · 23 September 2015 · 579, T680, T880 · Engine
- 2015404 · 15 September 2015 · Dutch Star Class A Motorhome, Dutch Aire Class A Motorhome, King Aire Class A Motorhome · Engine
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 Impala, 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 620 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2015.
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