The defect
WHEN USING THE CRUISE CONTROL THE ACCELERATOR CABLE TENSION MAY ALLOW THE CABLE TO SAG AND BECOME ENTANGLED WITH THE WATER PIPE BRACKET IMPEDING ITS RETURN TO IDLE POSITION.
The risk
FAILURE TO RETURN TO IDLE POSITION COULD LEAD TO ANACCIDENT.
The remedy
THE PRESENT ACCELERATOR CABLE BRACKET WILL BE REPLACED.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Volkswagen Camper | 1987, 1988, 1989 |
| Volkswagen Syncro | 1987, 1988, 1989 |
| Volkswagen Vanagon | 1987, 1988, 1989 |
Components: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volkswagen Camper | 1987 | 0 | 4 |
| Volkswagen Camper | 1988 | 0 | 2 |
| Volkswagen Camper | 1989 | 0 | 1 |
| Volkswagen Syncro | 1987 | 0 | 2 |
| Volkswagen Syncro | 1988 | 0 | 1 |
| Volkswagen Syncro | 1989 | 0 | 1 |
| Volkswagen Vanagon | 1987 | 13 | 7 |
| Volkswagen Vanagon | 1988 | 3 | 4 |
| Volkswagen Vanagon | 1989 | 0 | 2 |
Other vehicle speed control recalls in 1989
21 of the 234 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1989 concerned the vehicle speed control; VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC filed 204 campaigns in all.
| 89V233000 22 Dec 1989 | WESTERN STAR TRUCKS, INC. |
| 89V234000 22 Dec 1989 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| 89V211000 4 Dec 1989 | TOYOTA MOTOR CO., LTD. |
| 89V201000 19 Nov 1989 | LAG MOTORCOACH USA |
| 89V182000 30 Oct 1989 | IVECO TRUCK OF N.A., INC. |
| 89V159000 25 Sept 1989 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| 89V136000 10 Aug 1989 | PACCAR, INCORPORATED |
| 89V135000 10 Aug 1989 | PACCAR, INCORPORATED |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1989