The defect
SUDDEN ACCELERATION FROM A STATIONARY POSITION MAY OCCUR, WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE OR DRIVE.
The risk
UNEXPECTED SUDDEN ACCELERATION WITHOUT PRIOR WARNINGCOULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH, CAUSING INJURIES.
The remedy
INSTALL AN AUTOMATIC SHIFT LOCK TO PREVENT THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER FROM BEING MOVED FROM PARK TO REVERSE OR DRIVE UNLESS BRAKE PEDAL IS APPLIED AT THE SAME TIME.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by ODI
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Audi 5000 | 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 |
Components: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audi 5000 | 1981 | 1 | 3 |
| Audi 5000 | 1982 | 2 | 3 |
| Audi 5000 | 1983 | 1 | 4 |
| Audi 5000 | 1984 | 4 | 5 |
| Audi 5000 | 1985 | 14 | 7 |
| Audi 5000 | 1986 | 15 | 8 |
Other power train recalls in 1987
9 of the 197 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1987 concerned the power train; VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC filed 204 campaigns in all.
| 87V194000 26 Dec 1987 | CHRYSLER CORPORATION |
| 87V188000 14 Dec 1987 | MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED |
| 87V168000 26 Oct 1987 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 87V134000 1 Sept 1987 | MITSUBISHI FUSO TRK, AMER |
| 87V098000 6 Jul 1987 | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
| 87V085000 8 Jun 1987 | VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC |
| 87V040000 26 Mar 1987 | CHRYSLER CORPORATION |
| 87V026000 5 Jan 1987 | AM GENERAL CORPORATION |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1987