The defect
THE INVOLVED VEHICLES WERE BUILT WITH AN ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAVING AN EXTENSION, OR RUBBER FLAP, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PEDAL. THIS PEDAL FLAP COULD BE INADVERTENTLY DISPLACED BY A FLOOR COVERING AND WEDGED UNDER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN A MANNER THAT CAN INFLUENCE THE THROTTLE SETTING AND INCREASE THE ENGINE IDLE RPM.
The remedy
THE DEALER WILL REMOVE THE RUBBER FLAP FROM THE ACCELERATOR.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by ODI
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|
Components: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
Other vehicle speed control recalls in 1979
7 of the 274 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1979 concerned the vehicle speed control; GENERAL MOTORS CORP. filed 1,195 campaigns in all.
| 79V233000 23 Oct 1979 | CHRYSLER CORPORATION |
| 79V224000 9 Oct 1979 | WHITE MOTOR CORPORATION |
| 79V213000 18 Sept 1979 | INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER |
| 79V206000 14 Sept 1979 | SAAB CARS USA, INC. |
| 79V195000 28 Aug 1979 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 79V074000 22 Mar 1979 | CHRYSLER CORPORATION |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1979