The defect
THE ENGINE MOUNTED ACCELERATOR RELAY SHAFT CAN BE CONTACTED BY THE CAB STRUCTURE DUE TO VARIATIONS IN THE CAB TO ENGINE RELATIONSHIP COMBINED WITH SUFFICIENT RELATIVE MOTION BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND THE CAB. THIS COULD CAUSE THE ACCELERATOR TO BIND IN POSITION, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL OVER VEHICLE SPEED.
The remedy
DEALER WILL RELOCATE THE ACCELERATOR LINKAGE AT NO COST TO OWNER.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
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Components: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
Other vehicle speed control recalls in 1977
12 of the 245 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1977 concerned the vehicle speed control; WHITE MOTOR CORPORATION filed 143 campaigns in all.
| 77V245000 30 Dec 1977 | VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC |
| 77V234000 28 Dec 1977 | INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER |
| 77V219000 14 Dec 1977 | VOLVO OF AMERICA CORP. |
| 77V210000 25 Nov 1977 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| 77V196000 15 Nov 1977 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| 77V178000 14 Oct 1977 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 77V161000 23 Sept 1977 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| 77V143000 14 Sept 1977 | JAGUAR CARS |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1977