The defect
WHILE OPERATING THE ENGINE IN REVERSE GEAR, ENGINE TORQUE CAUSES THE ENGINE TO ROLL, CAUSING THE THROTTLE MODULATOR CABLE ASSEMBLY TO CONTACT THE FLOOR AND BIND THE THROTTLE CABLE HOLDING THE THROTTLE IN AN OPEN POSITION.
The risk
THE THROTTLE CABLE BINDING WHILE THE THROTTLE IS IN ANOPEN POSITION CAUSES LOSS OF ENGINE SPEED CONTROL WHICH COULD RESULT IN ANACCIDENT.
The remedy
RELOCATION OF RAISED FLOOR SUPPORT HARDWARE ON THE BOX PORTION OF THE MOTORHOME.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Fleetwood Bounder | 1993 |
| Fleetwood Southwind | 1993 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fleetwood Bounder | 1993 | 11 | 3 |
| Fleetwood Southwind | 1993 | 5 | 1 |
Other vehicle speed control recalls in 1993
12 of the 223 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1993 concerned the vehicle speed control; FLEETWOOD ENT., INC. filed 112 campaigns in all.
| 93V201001 14 Dec 1993 | AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION CORP. |
| 93V211000 13 Dec 1993 | HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR CO. |
| 93V201000 3 Dec 1993 | INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE |
| 93V190000 22 Nov 1993 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 93V164000 1 Oct 1993 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 93V160000 27 Sept 1993 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| 93V162000 27 Sept 1993 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 93V097000 7 Jun 1993 | SPARTAN MOTORS, INC. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1993