# Transport Canada recall 2018016

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: 2018016
- Manufacturer's number: 17476
- Reported: 2018\-01\-09
- Component: Airbag
- Notification type: Safety Mfr
- Units potentially affected: 21632

## What is wrong

On certain vehicles, long\-term exposure to high absolute humidity and temperature, combined with high temperature cycling, could eventually degrade the propellant contained in the passenger frontal airbag. This could cause the airbag to deploy with more force than normal. As a result, if the vehicle were involved in a collision that warrants airbag deployment, fragments could be propelled toward vehicle occupants, and the airbag assembly could be damaged, preventing proper function. These issues could increase the risk of injury. Correction: Depending on the vehicle model, dealers will either replace the passenger frontal airbag inflator, or replace the airbag assembly. Note: Canadian climate results in the propellant degrading slowly. The recall is being conducted as a precaution to address future risk, and is expected to replace airbag inflators before their function would be affected. Additional note: The 2010 model year vehicles involved in this campaign have been identified as having once being registered in “Zone B” in the USA.


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2009 PONTIAC VIBE](/makes/pontiac/vibe/2009/recalls.md)
- [2010 PONTIAC VIBE](/makes/pontiac/vibe/2010/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.

- [18\-NA\-094](/bulletins/10252974.md), 2024-04-09, Service bulletin
- [18\-NA\-094](/bulletins/10251345.md), 2024-03-06, Service bulletin
- [14139](/bulletins/10245883.md), 2023-12-04, Service bulletin
- [PIC5650J](/bulletins/10201252.md), 2021-09-13, Service bulletin
- [18NA094](/bulletins/10180298.md), 2020-09-28, Service bulletin
- [18NA094](/bulletins/10171886.md), 2020-03-02, Service bulletin
- [18NA094](/bulletins/10169308.md), 2019-12-16, Service bulletin
- [18NA094](/bulletins/10155100.md), 2019-03-25, Service bulletin
- [18NA094](/bulletins/10154541.md), 2019-03-18, Service bulletin
- [18NA094](/bulletins/10137534.md), 2018-05-21, 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/2018016](/v1/recalls/tc/2018016)

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