Transport Canada issues DeLorean recall on Back to the Future day

Transport Canada marked Back to the Future Day on Wednesday by issuing a recall for faulty time-travelling DeLoreans.

Oct. 21, 2015 marks the day Back to the Future characters Marty McFly, Doc Brown and Jennifer Parker travelled to in the trilogy's second installment, which was released in 1989.

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The recall applied to the DMC-12 model of DeLoreans, advising Canadians, "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 recall continued, "This could have disastrous consequences."

Transport Canada later printed a correction to the recall, saying, "Correction: Doc Brown will affect repairs."

Meanwhile, police agencies from coast to coast reported sightings of Doc's DeLorean.

Sightings in Newfoundland were reported by the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, around 6:30 a.m. CT.

"We're receiving many reports of a flying DeLorean in Metro. Suspect described as older w/messy grey hair #nltraffic," the RNC tweeted with a Photoshopped picture of the DeLorean on a Newfoundland highway.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, Vancouver police reported sightings as well.

"There was a #DeLorean sighting at 10th/Yukon, but it were gone by the time our police units got there #BackToTheFuture," they tweeted.

And over in York, O.N., their regional police force tweeted they stopped a driver and ticketed them for "Operate Vehicle With Flux Capacitor."

Back to the Future day was also marked by Cineplex Entertainment, whichwill screen both the first and second instalments of the trilogy in theatres across Canada including in Winnipeg on Wednesday.

The full trilogy will be screened on Sunday.