# Transport Canada recall 1998034

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: 1998034
- Manufacturer's number: 98003
- Reported: 1998\-02\-20
- Component: Emissions
- Notification type: Compliance Mfr
- Units potentially affected: 4789

## What is wrong

THESE VEHICLES DO NOT COMPLY WITH C.M.V.S.S. 1101 \- EMISSION DEVICE.

IMPROPER CALIBRATION OF THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE \(PCM\) CAN RESULT IN UNCONTROLLED SPARK KNOCK, SETTING AN MIL \(MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP\), MISFIRE, ROUGH IDLE, AUDIBLE KNOCK AND/OR POSSIBLE ENGINE DAMAGE.

CORRECTION: VEHICLE PCM WILL BE REFLASHED WITH NEW CALIBRATION SOFTWEAR.


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [1998 BUICK LESABRE](/makes/buick/lesabre/1998/recalls.md)
- [1998 BUICK PARK AVENUE](/makes/buick/park-avenue/1998/recalls.md)
- 1998 OLDSMOBILE EIGHTY\-EIGHT
- [1998 OLDSMOBILE LSS](/makes/oldsmobile/lss/1998/recalls.md)
- [1998 OLDSMOBILE REGENCY](/makes/oldsmobile/regency/1998/recalls.md)
- [1998 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE](/makes/pontiac/bonneville/1998/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.

- [3115](/bulletins/10009950.md), 2004-11-03, Service bulletin
- [040601017](/bulletins/10008471.md), 2004-08-02, 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/1998034](/v1/recalls/tc/1998034)

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