NHTSA recall campaign

79V111000

Vehicle Speed Control › Accelerator Pedal

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6Affected configurations shown372,466Potential units affected—Latest completion context
ComponentVehicle Speed Control › Accelerator Pedal
Report receivedApr 5, 1979
Investigations linked0
Indexed communications sampled0
What can happen

Safety consequence

THE INVOLVED VEHICLES WERE BUILT WITH AN ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAVING AN EXTENSION, OR RUBBER FLAP, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PEDAL. THIS PEDAL FLAP COULD BE INADVERTENTLY DISPLACED BY A FLOOR COVERING AND WEDGED UNDER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN A MANNER THAT CAN INFLUENCE THE THROTTLE SETTING AND INCREASE THE ENGINE IDLE RPM.

What fixes it

Official remedy

THE DEALER WILL REMOVE THE RUBBER FLAP FROM THE ACCELERATOR.

Recall lifecycle

Repair completion history

Campaign-level completion reporting. This does not determine whether a particular VIN has been repaired.

Latest reported completion: available in the live DOT record.

Affected vehicles

Vehicle configurations connected to 79V111000

1978 CADILLAC DEVILLEOpen vehicle record →1978 CADILLAC BROUGHAMOpen vehicle record →1978 CADILLAC COMMERCIALOpen vehicle record →1977 CADILLAC DEVILLEOpen vehicle record →1977 CADILLAC BROUGHAMOpen vehicle record →1977 CADILLAC COMMERCIALOpen vehicle record →

Owner action

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