NHTSA recall campaign

85E034000

ManufacturerJ.C. WHITNEY CO.Reported1985-11-05Affected11,889 vehicles

What was wrong

Defect

THE CRUISE CONTROL CAUSES THE THROTTLE ACTUATOR TO STICK PREVENTING THE DISENGAGEMENT OF THE THROTTLE. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: IF THIS OCCURS, THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE WITHOUT CONTROL AND FURTHER, UPON RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, THE DEFECT MAY CAUSE RAPID ACCELERATION OF THE VEHICLE. IN EITHER CASE A CRASH COULD OCCUR WITHOUT WARNING.

Manufacturer remedy

REPLACE UNIT WITH A NEW EQUIVALENT UNIT OR REFUND THE PURCHASE PRICE.

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Affected vehicles

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NHTSA did not enumerate affected vehicles for this campaign.