NHTSA recall 88V080000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	88V080000
Manufacturer	GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Reported	1988-05-16
Owners notified	1988-05-20
Component	VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
Units potentially affected	35057

What is wrong

EXCESSIVE ACCELERATOR CABLE FRICTION MAY RESTRICT THE CABLES FREE MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE THROTTLE BODY.

What can happen

THIS COULD PREVENT THROTTLE FROM RETURNING TO CLOSED(IDLE) POSITION WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS RELEASED; THUS, ENGINE SPEED WOULDNOT DECREASE, AND LOSS OF ACCELERATOR CONTROL COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT.

The remedy

REPLACE ACCELERATOR CABLE.

Notes

SYSTEM: ACCELERATOR CABLE.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER CARS.

Vehicles this campaign lists
1987 BUICK ELECTRA	Built 1987-04-01 to 1987-06-01.
1987 OLDSMOBILE 88	Built 1987-04-01 to 1987-06-01.
1987 OLDSMOBILE 98	Built 1987-04-01 to 1987-06-01.
1987 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE	Built 1987-04-01 to 1987-06-01.

A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.

Investigated as EA88010

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

NHTSA investigations that led to this recall
EA88010	Engineering analysis, opened 1987-11-30, closed 1989-10-31. THROTTLE CONTROL. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.