Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
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| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | ||||||||||||||||
| 96V057000 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. | from 05/01/1995 to 11/01/1995 | V (Vehicle) | 379004 | 04/11/1996 | MFR | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. | 04/04/1996 | 04/17/1996 | 571 | 124 | |||||
| Defect Summary | These vehicles were assembled with the throttle cable contacting the dash mat which could bind the throttle. this does not meet with the maximum return times required by federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 124, accelerator control systems. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | Consequence of non-compliance: the engine speed may not return to idle increasing the potential for a vehicle accident. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will inspect for adequate throttle cable to dash mat clearance, and if there is insufficient clearance, cut out a portion of the dash mat to provide proper clearance. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | System: fuel; throttle linkages and control; fmvss no. 124. vehicle description: pickup trucks, cab/chassis, utility and multi-purpose trucks equipped with gasoline engines. note: owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time, should contact chevrolet at 1-800-222-1020 or gmc at 1-800-462-8782. also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393. | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 08/25/2000 | 1 | 11/20/1995 | |
| With the cruise control engaged the vehicle experienced sudden acceleration the foot brake failed to disengage the cruise control resulting in vehicle collision, air bags failed to deploy upon impact and the seat belt failed to restrain him causing his head to strike the passenger side windshiled knocking him unconsious. nlm | |||
| 08/01/1999 | 09/01/1995 | ||
| Re: incident ae00013 - the airbag light came on intermitantly, took it to dealer, they couldn't find problem with it. about a mont later the tahoe started intermitantly losing power when trying to accelerate, causing several near crashes. took it again to the dealer that then determined the battery was leaking acid on to the airbag sensor. had to replace the airbag sensor and battery. they charged over $700 to do so, including $89 labor just to install a new battery! about a week or so after that similar loss of power was occurring. took tahoe to a different chev dealer who the found alternator was now bad, which i suspect may be related to the ongoing bad battery problems.*ak | |||
| The owner had just started the car and it was in park the owner left the car for a minute and it started rolling backward, it was in reverse when it stopped.*ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL | |||
| 05/13/1999 | 2 | 03/01/1999 | |
| 1st thing noticed is orange indicator showing what gear vehicle is in was not working, when truck was in forward motion ran very rough not much power. next day before truck was brought to dealership driver noticed dashboard readings were not working. vehicle brought to dealership.they replaced vehicle speed sensor , problems cont., but before they could futher test truck was operating normally. told to bring vehicle back if happened again. happened again 6/7/99. vehicle back at dealership,. *ak | |||