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Notices of Defect and Recall Campaigns: Part 4

QUARTERLY REPORTS - MOTOR VEHICLE RECALL CAMPAIGNS

Quarterly reports on recall campaigns are required in accordance with an amendment to the Motor Vehicle Safety Act. Specific information is requested so that owner response and vehicle correction data may be evaluated.

Section 10(6) and (7) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act require company that causes notice to be given under subsection (1) shall submit a report containing prescribed information respecting the defect and its correction to the Minister in the prescribed form within the prescribed period and quarterly thereafter.

Unless the Minister otherwise directs, the quarterly reports shall be submitted for a period of two years after the day on which notice was given under subsection (1)

The following is the prescribed form for each report:

  1. the number, title or other identification assigned by the company to the notice of defect;
     
  2. the number of vehicles affected by the notice of defect;
     
  3. the date that notices of defect were given to the current owners of the affected vehicles; and
     
  4. the total number or percentage of vehicles repaired, including vehicles requiring inspection only.

The reports shall be sent as soon as practicable after the end of each quarter to:

Recalls Systems Analysis and Evaluation
Road Safety and Motor Vehicle Regulation
Transport Canada, 80 Noël St., Gatineau,
Quebec J8Z 0A1
Telephone number: 1 800 333-0510

Initial Defect Information Form (Form catalogue number 13-0145 - PDF format)

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Date modified:
2010-11-17