Alfa Romeo Giulia. Published by Transport Canada as 2018650 on 27 November 2018. System: Engine.
What the notice says On certain vehicles equipped with all-wheel drive (AWD), a coolant hose clamp may rub against a brake fluid line in the engine compartment. Over time, this could lead to brake fluid leaking onto the engine catalyst. This could cause an engine compartment fire, creating a risk of injury and/or damage to property. …
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Alfa Romeo GIULIA in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Alfa Romeo GIULIA is named on 14 American notices, 12 British, 9 European and 9 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The British register
- DVSA recall R/2018/012: Alfa Romeo Giulia and Stelvio (Brake and/or clutch system components may become damaged by mineral...)
- DVSA recall R/2019/191: Alfa Romeo Stelvio and Giulia (Undesired acceleration of the vehicle may occur whilst active cruis...)
- DVSA recall R/2019/297: Alfa Romeo Stelvio and Giulia (More fuel than actually present in the tank could be displayed on t...)
The European register
The Israeli 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
- 2018650
- Recall date
- 27 November 2018
- Make
- Alfa Romeo
- Models
- Giulia
- Model years
- 2017 to 2018
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 699
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles equipped with all-wheel drive (AWD), a coolant hose clamp may rub against a brake fluid line in the engine compartment. Over time, this could lead to brake fluid leaking onto the engine catalyst. This could cause an engine compartment fire, creating a risk of injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will install a bracket on the brake fluid line to ensure proper clearance from the coolant hose. If the brake line is found damaged, a new brake line will be installed.
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 2018650.
Alfa Romeo elsewhere in this register
Alfa Romeo is named on 39 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2018505 · 14 September 2018 · Stelvio · Engine
- 2018506 · 14 September 2018 · Giulia, Stelvio · Engine
- 2018150 · 29 March 2018 · Stelvio · Electrical
- 2018151 · 29 March 2018 · Stelvio · Visual System
- 2018116 · 7 March 2018 · Stelvio · Visual System
- 2019110 · 1 March 2019 · Giulia, Stelvio · Powertrain
- 2019366 · 25 July 2019 · Stelvio, Giulia · Fuel System
- 2019672 · 1 October 2019 · Giulia · Label
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.
- 2018606 · 2 November 2018 · Impreza, BRZ, XV Crosstrek · Engine
- 2018601 · 1 November 2018 · Fr-S · Engine
- 2018505 · 14 September 2018 · Stelvio · Engine
- 2018506 · 14 September 2018 · Giulia, Stelvio · Engine
- 2018218 · 1 May 2018 · Niro · Engine
- 2018215 · 27 April 2018 · Fortwo · Engine
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on an Alfa Romeo: 39 in the register, and 704 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2018.
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