# Transport Canada recall 1990042

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: Transport Canada \(Canada\)
- Campaign number: 1990042
- Reported: 1990\-03\-06
- Component: Electrical
- Notification type: Safety Mfr
- Units potentially affected: 948

## What is wrong

NOTE: VEHICLES WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

RESIDUE ON THE CIRCUIT CARD MAY CAUSE AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE BACK\-UP LAMP CIRCUIT AND EVENTUAL OVERHEATING OF THE COMBINATION SAFETY/BACK\-UP LAMP SWITCH ASSEMBLY. IF THIS SHOULD OCCUR, SMOKE OR POSSIBLY A FIRE MIGHT DEVELOP FROM THE CENTER CONSOLE AREA IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT.

CORRECTION: AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT, INCLUDING A RELAY, WILL BE ADDED TO THE BACK\-UP LAMP CIRCUIT. THIS WILL REDUCE THE MAXIMUM ELECTRIC CURRENT THAT CAN FLOW THROUGH THE COMBINATION SWITCH IN THE GEAR SELECTOR.


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [1987 SAAB 9000](/makes/saab/9000/1987/recalls.md)
- [1988 SAAB 9000](/makes/saab/9000/1988/recalls.md)
- [1989 SAAB 9000](/makes/saab/9000/1989/recalls.md)
- [1990 SAAB 9000](/makes/saab/9000/1990/recalls.md)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [01/950537](/bulletins/39171.md), 1995-03-17, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

JSON: [/v1/recalls/tc/1990042](/v1/recalls/tc/1990042)

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