NHTSA recall campaign

88V080000

Vehicle Speed Control › Accelerator Pedal

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4Affected configurations shown35,057Potential units affected—Latest completion context
ComponentVehicle Speed Control › Accelerator Pedal
Report receivedApr 5, 1989
Investigations linked0
Indexed communications sampled0
What can happen

Safety consequence

THIS COULD PREVENT THROTTLE FROM RETURNING TO CLOSED(IDLE) POSITION WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS RELEASED; THUS, ENGINE SPEED WOULDNOT DECREASE, AND LOSS OF ACCELERATOR CONTROL COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT.

What fixes it

Official remedy

REPLACE ACCELERATOR CABLE.

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 88V080000

1987 BUICK ELECTRAOpen vehicle record →1987 OLDSMOBILE 88Open vehicle record →1987 OLDSMOBILE 98Open vehicle record →1987 PONTIAC BONNEVILLEOpen vehicle record →

Owner action

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