The defect
ON THE INVOLVED VEHICLES A DEFECT MAY EXIST IN THE ACCELERATOR LINKAGE BALL JOINTS WHICH COULD CAUSE BINDING AND MAY LOCK THE ACCELERATOR CONTROL IN A PARTIALLY OR FULLY OPEN THROTTLE POSITION.
The remedy
DEALER WILL REPLACE DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS, FREE OF CHARGE.
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; INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER filed 49 campaigns in all.
| 77V245000 30 Dec 1977 | VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC |
| 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 |
| 77V093000 17 Jun 1977 | WHITE MOTOR CORPORATION |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1977