Recall 98V045000: Throttle Cable Control Problem
Year: 1998Make: MITSUBISHI, CHRYSLER, DODGE, EAGLE
Model: SPYDER, ECLIPSE, SEBRING, AVENGER, TALON
Year of Recall: '98
Type of Report: Vehicle
Potential Number of Units Affected: 48781
Summary:
Vehicle Description: Passenger vehicles. The dash panel pad can shift interferring with the throttle cable control.
The throttle cable control would not return to idle increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
Dealers will remove a portion of the dash panel pad so it cannot interfere with the throttle cable control.
Owner notification is expected to begin during April 1998. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact Mitsubishi at 1-800-222-0037 or Chrysler at 1-800-992-1997. Also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Auto Safety Hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).