Pontiac Solstice, Sky. Published by Transport Canada as 2017044 on 27 January 2017. System: Airbag.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, over time, the flexible sensor mat of passenger airbag suppression system (PPS) within the passenger seat can bend and become damaged. If this were to occur, the damage can potentially cause the PPS module to suppress the front passenger airbag during a crash. If fault exists in the PPS system …
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Pontiac SOLSTICE in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Pontiac SOLSTICE is named on 1 American notices, 1 European and 6 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
- 2017044
- Recall date
- 27 January 2017
- Make
- Pontiac, Saturn
- Models
- Solstice, Sky
- Model years
- 2006 to 2010
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Airbag
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 7,143
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, over time, the flexible sensor mat of passenger airbag suppression system (PPS) within the passenger seat can bend and become damaged. If this were to occur, the damage can potentially cause the PPS module to suppress the front passenger airbag during a crash. If fault exists in the PPS system and the vehicle is involved in a crash where airbag deployment is warranted, the front passenger airbag may not deploy, which if an adult is occupying the passenger seat, could increase the risk of injury to the occupant. Correction: Dealers will inspect the PPS sensor mat for damage and add a reinforcement strip to the sensor mat if no damage is found. If damage is found, the PPS sensor mat will be replaced and reinforcement strips added. Note: If an active fault exists in the PPS system, the airbag malfunction-indicator lamp will illuminate and the passenger airbag telltale will indicate that the airbag is off. Additionally, the driver information center will display a “Service Airbag” message, and the audio system will play an audible warning chime.
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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.
- 2017134 · 10 March 2017 · Vibe · Airbag
- 2016106 · 3 March 2016 · Vibe · Airbag
- 2018016 · 9 January 2018 · Vibe · Airbag
- 2018057 · 30 January 2018 · Vibe · Airbag
- 2018707 · 13 December 2018 · Vibe · Airbag
- 2015501 · 23 October 2015 · Grand Prix, Regal, Intrigue · Engine
- 2015496 · 22 October 2015 · Vibe · Electrical
- 2015365 · 12 August 2015 · Allure, Trailblazer Ext, Envoy XL · Lights And Instruments
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.
- 2017045 · 27 January 2017 · X1 · Airbag
- 2017034 · 20 January 2017 · 5 Series, 3 Series, X5 · Airbag
- 2017026 · 13 January 2017 · A6, S4, A4 · Airbag
- 2017023 · 12 January 2017 · FX45, FX35, M35 · Airbag
- 2017024 · 12 January 2017 · Mustang, Zephyr, Fusion · Airbag
- 2017017 · 11 January 2017 · C Class · Airbag
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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 638 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2017.
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