SPORTSCOACH UNSPECIFIED 1982: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

General Information

NHTSA Campaign ID Number: 81V080000

Make Model Year
SPORTSCOACH UNSPECIFIED 1982
Date Owners Notified Date Received by ODI Date Added to Database
1981-07-07 1981-07-01 1981-07-08

Production Dates: 1979-11-01 - 1981-06-01

Manufacturers Involved: COACHMEN INDUSTRIES, INC.

Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

Potential Number Of Units Affected: 351

Report Initiator: MFR MFR Report

Summary

A PROTECTIVE COVER WAS OMITTED FROM THE SPEED CONTROL UNIT. WITHOUT THIS COVER, A BEAD CHAIN WHICH CONNECTS THE THROTTLE LINKAGE TO THE SERVO ASSEMBLY COULD BECOME ENTANGLED IN THE LINKAGE OR OTHER ENGINE COMPONENTS. IF THE CHAIN BECOMES CAUGHT, IT COULD CAUSE THE ENGINE THROTTLE TO LOCK OPEN. A THROTTLE ARM WAS ALSO ACCIDENTLY OMITTED FROM THE SPEED CONTROL UNIT.

Remedy

BOTH THE METAL COVER AND THE THROTTLE ARM WILL BE INSTALLED AT NO CHARGE TO OWNER.

Notes

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MOTORHOMES.SYSTEM: EQUIPMENT; SPEED CONTROL; METAL COVER AND THROTTLE ARM.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: AN OPEN THROTTLE WOULD MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO REDUCEVEHICLE SPEED. THIS FAILURE COULD OCCUR WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING AND COULD RESULTIN AN ACCIDENT.NOTE: THE SPEED CONTROL SHOULD NOT BE USED PRIOR TO INSPECTION AND REPAIR.