--- title: Back to the Future Day: Canada Issues a DeLorean Recall description: "This could have disastrous consequences. " canonical: https://time.com/4082316/back-to-the-future-canada-delorean/ author: Tanya Basu article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-21T21:48:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T11:58:55.709Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Canada Issues a DeLorean Recall for 'Back to the Future' Day og:description: There's a defect in the flux capacitor og:url: https://time.com/4082316/back-to-the-future-canada-delorean/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d5adff07cf35e09/698869573c163924be45a57e/delorean.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: delorean og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Canada Issues a DeLorean Recall for 'Back to the Future' Day twitter:description: There's a defect in the flux capacitor twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d5adff07cf35e09/698869573c163924be45a57e/delorean.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Canada Issues a DeLorean Recall for _Back to the Future_ Day  by [Tanya Basu](https://time.com/author/tanya-basu/)  ## Tanya Basu Oct 21, 2015 9:48 PM UTC  DeLorean DMC 12 with gullwing doors, 1979-82 DeLorean DMC 12 with gullwing doors, 1979-82Getty Images  by [Tanya Basu](https://time.com/author/tanya-basu/)  ## Tanya Basu Oct 21, 2015 9:48 PM UTC It’s [_Back to the Future_ day](http://time.com/4078798/back-to-the-future-day/?xid=homepage), and the Canadian government has decided to get in on the fun. In honor of the pop culture holiday, Canada has released an official [recall notice](http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/tc/2015/55494r-eng.php#details-details) on the DMC-12 model DeLorean, Doc Brown’s famous time traveling vehicle from the 1980s movie series, faulting a problem with the car’s time travel abilities. “On a certain DMC-12 car converted into a time machine, a defect in the flux capacitor could lead to inability to travel through time while travelling at 88 miles per hour (141.6 km/h) and may increase energy consumption beyond 1.21 gigawatts,” the release reads, referencing the speed at which the movies’ DeLorean can travel to the future. “This could have disastrous consequences.” Before you send your own time traveling DeLorean back to the manufacturer, however, make sure to read Canada’s update to the recall: “Correction: Doc Brown will affect repairs.” Andrea Moritz, manager of media relations with Ottawa-based Transport Canada which released the recall, said that this isn’t the first time the division has timed a recall or notice with a theme, pointing to Santa Claus news releases. “We always try to have some tweets that are topical and in line with something that’s trending and informative,” she told TIME. “When the team was brainstorming, we thought it would be fun.” The response to the recall has been “overwhelmingly positive,” Moritz said. “People think it’s funny and appreciate that the government has a sense of humor.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4082316/back-to-the-future-canada-delorean/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4082316/back-to-the-future-canada-delorean/"},"headline":"Canada Issues a DeLorean Recall for Back to the Future Day","datePublished":"2015-10-21T21:48:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:58:55.709Z","description":"There's a defect in the flux capacitor","url":"https://time.com/4082316/back-to-the-future-canada-delorean/","keywords":["movies","Pop Culture","Canada","Recall","entertainment","Back to the Future"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d5adff07cf35e09/698869573c163924be45a57e/delorean.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tanya Basu","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tanya-basu/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d5adff07cf35e09/698869573c163924be45a57e/delorean.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"delorean","caption":"DeLorean DMC 12 with gullwing doors, 1979-82","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4082316/back-to-the-future-canada-delorean/","name":"Canada Issues a DeLorean Recall for Back to the Future Day"}}]}] ```