Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||||
| 970801676305 | 08/01/1997 | 54418 | Some vehicles experience difficulties to depress accelerator pedal and/or an accelerator cable separation. *yc | 04/07/1998 | |
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CABLES | |||||
| 676305 | 03/01/1997 | 52580 | Difficult to depress accelerator pedal and/or accelerator cable separation (install accelerator cable and clip). *tw | 08/21/1997 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 06/14/2002 | |||
| At 62mph pushed on the brakes and vehicle would not decelerate, staying at speed of 62mph. consumer had to turn off vehicle. it could had caused an accident. cause unknown. dealer notified.*ak | |||
| 11/03/1997 | |||
| While driving engine malfunctioned, causing the idle to be too high, resulting in vehicle acclerating and slowing down. this may cause a crash. the braking system is having more wear and tear. please provide further information. *ak | |||
| Driver was in reverse gear with foot on brakes about to engage into drive when the vehicle took off/ suddenly accelerated at a high rate of speed, resulting in an accident. *ak | |||
| 11/11/1998 | |||
| While driving at 65 mph no prior warning vehicle started to lose power. consumer pressed on the accelerator, and vehicle felt like it wanted to cut off. but, vehicle didn't cut off, and consumer was able to get vehicle to dealer. dealer checked the vehicle and noticedtransmission fluid should have been pink, but the fluid was black, and some metal objects came from transmission which caused problems for consumer. | |||
| 12/11/1998 | 4 | 10/01/1996 | |
| Cruise control & ets inoperative during check engine operative period. | |||
| 11/04/1997 | 2 | 09/26/1997 | |
| Speed increases when going down hill with cruise control engaged. | |||
| 06/01/1996 | |||
| Vehicle speeds up and slows down while driving w/o driver altering speed. *ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CABLES | |||
| 3 | |||
| Throttle cable/abs brakes/fuel pump failed, vehicle became disabled on the road three times. *ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - LINKAGES | |||
| 02/01/1996 | 1 | ||
| Pinging noise during acceleration.*et | |||