Recall 92V048000: 1992 Pontiac Sunbird

Report received

Apr 3, 1992

Manufacturer

General motors corp.

Potentially affected

22,452vehicles

Model years

1992

Check your own vehicle. A recall applies only to vehicles within the affected build range. Enter your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Recall repairs are free at a franchised dealer.

What NHTSA recorded

The accelerator cable may have been kinked during vehicle assembly. The kink in the cable can cause either a high effort accelerator cable, sticking accelerator cable, or a broken accelerator cable.

Possible consequence

If the accelerator control cable sticks or breaks it canresult in loss of throttle control. If loss of throttle control occurs while thevehicle is in motion, a vehicle crash could occur without prior warning.

Remedy

Replace the accelerator control cable assembly.

Affected model years

Pages for each model year show complaints, parts, mileage and other recalls.

• 1992 Pontiac Sunbird30 complaints