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 | |||
| 07/22/2004 | 1 | ||
| I had a 1996 tahoe that occasionally sped up while on cruise control. i sol this vehicle about four y ears ago. *tr | |||
| 09/23/1998 | |||
| Recall 96v05700, manufacturer's recall 96-c-26; vehicle would not crank after dealer had just repaired car. jump started the car, engine started racing as fast as it could go, sparks came out from under the hood, tapping on the gas to get the engine to stop racing, pressed on the brakes and the car kept going. slammed into park, driver was injured in incident. opened the hood and white smoke appeared. dealer contacted, and will not respond to calls. stated they cannot find a problem. *ak | |||
| 02/19/1998 | |||
| Truck was hit from behind and knocked into another car, then the truck accelerated while driver had foot on brake hitting same vehicle again. that vehicle was pushed to the service lane, and truck hit vehicle in front of it. the truck is being repaired. *ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 03/12/1998 | |||
| When consumer let off gas pedal during driving at 40 mph or more,the vehicle will slow down. also when starting the vehicle it started at 1500 rmp. after sveral seconds the engine will die. vehicle has been in/out of dealer shop on several occasions. on each occasion the problen reoccurred. dealer notified. *ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL | |||
| 09/15/2003 | 97000 | 2 | 06/11/1999 |
| The wiring harness that conects to the turn signal modual, the wires become brittle and are breaking. the first wire to cause me a problem was the wire for the headlights, the headlights would flicker on and off untill the wire finaly broke and then there were no lights at all. the next wire that broke is the wire for the cruise control broke. and now there is no cruise control. the headlights i was able to reroute the wire and reconect to the light switch to powerup the relay with the switch. not the right way too do it but it works. also my vehicle has tilt steering wheel.*ak | |||
| 1 | |||
| Rough idle. | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - LINKAGES | |||
| 1 | 05/20/1996 | ||
| While driving and without warning vehicle suddenly accelerated. to gain control of vehicle driver put vehicle in neutral, and applied extreme pressure to accelerator pedal.vehicle not included in recall 96v057000 due to vin. *ak | |||
| 09/23/1998 | |||
| The engine began accelerating on its own, it continued to get faster and faster, techometer red lined. had to ram the gear into park in order to stop the car. | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - SPRINGS | |||
| 06/01/1997 | 07/31/1996 | ||
| Upon accelerating in the passing lane the accelerator stuck and did not return to idle due to a frayed cable near the accelerator pedal. the cable balled up and would not slide back into cable sleeve. | |||