Why can Transport Canada provide recall information about vehicles purchased in the United States?
• Neither Transport Canada nor the RIV have access to the recall information of a manufacturer that produces vehicles for the U.S. market. The information in Transport Canada’s database relates only to vehicles produced for the Canadian market and originally sold in Canada. In many instances, the Canadian company and the U.S. company are two separate entities and do not share recall information. Therefore, it is important to ensure in a reliable manner that there are no outstanding recalls on vehicles purchased at the retail level in the United States and imported into Canada.
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