Buick Lacrosse, Regal, Malibu. Published by Transport Canada as 2020615 on 10 December 2020. System: Suspension.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain vehicles, the protective coating on the rear suspension toe links may chip away. If this happens, the metal can rust and the toe link could break. A broken toe link can affect vehicle stability and could cause a loss of directional control.
Note: This recall only affects vehicles that were …
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Buick LACROSSE in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Buick LACROSSE is named on 14 American notices, 1 European and 6 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2020615
- Recall date
- 10 December 2020
- Make
- Buick, Chevrolet
- Models
- Lacrosse, Regal, Malibu
- Model years
- 2010 to 2013
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 10,006
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain vehicles, the protective coating on the rear suspension toe links may chip away. If this happens, the metal can rust and the toe link could break. A broken toe link can affect vehicle stability and could cause a loss of directional control.
Note: This recall only affects vehicles that were originally sold or ever registered in areas of heavy road salt usage (Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland & Labrador).Safety Risk:
A loss of vehicle stability could cause a loss of control and increase the risk of a crash.Corrective Actions:
General Motors will notify owners by mail and instruct you to take your vehicle to a dealer to replace the rear suspension toe links and adjuster fasteners.
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 2020615.
Buick elsewhere in this register
Buick is named on 326 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2020530 · 6 November 2020 · Silverado, Enclave, Acadia · Tires
- 2020520 · 29 October 2020 · Cruze, Lacrosse, Malibu · Powertrain
- 2020484 · 15 October 2020 · XT6, XT5, Traverse · Fuel System
- 2020452 · 24 September 2020 · Encore GX, CT4, CT5 · Brakes
- 2020350 · 30 July 2020 · Silverado, Acadia, Enclave · Airbag
- 2021103 · 26 February 2021 · Savana, Express, Blazer · Tires
- 2021151 · 15 March 2021 · Regal · Label
- 2021213 · 8 April 2021 · Traverse, Enclave, Acadia · Airbag
The same system: Suspension
746 notices in this register name Suspension. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2020583 · 30 November 2020 · Wolverine Rmax4 · Suspension
- 2020524 · 3 November 2020 · Police Interceptor Utility (explorer), Explorer · Suspension
- 2020470 · 8 October 2020 · Hideout · Suspension
- 2020427 · 10 September 2020 · Typhoon · Suspension
- 2020372 · 13 August 2020 · Corsair · Suspension
- 2020349 · 29 July 2020 · Sprinter · Suspension
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Buick: 326 in the register, and 536 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2020.
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