The defect
THE ELECTRONIC ENGINE CONTROL (EEC) WIRING HARNESS MAY BE MISROUTED. THIS MISROUTING MAY CAUSE THE SPEED CONTROL SERVO ARM TO BE HELD OPEN DUE TO MECHANICAL INTERFERENCE WHEN THE SPEED CONTROL IS ENGAGED. THIS CAUSES A PARTIALLY OPEN THROTTLE CONDITION THAT CANNOT BE CANCELLED BY DRIVER ACTIONS NORMALLY USED TO SHUT OFF THE SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM.
The remedy
DEALER WILL INSPECT AND WILL CORRECT THE ROUTING OF THE SPEED CONTROL WIRING HARNESS, IF NECESSARY, WITHOUT CHARGE TO OWNER.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|
Components: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Other vehicle speed control recalls in 1977
12 of the 245 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1977 concerned the vehicle speed control; FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed 963 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. |
| 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 |
| 77V093000 17 Jun 1977 | WHITE MOTOR CORPORATION |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1977