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NHTSA — Vehicle Speed Control: Cables Problems

10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
0 miles

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1998 Chevrolet Suburban Owner Comments

problem #1

Jan 171998

Suburban 4WD

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

A kinked throttle cabple has been installed during manufacturing of the vehicle. This allowed cable to fray and srick against fire wall, causing the vehicle to accelerate to 80-90mph unexpectedly in which the braking system did not help in reducing the vehicle's speed, almost caused an accident.

- Boulder City, NV, USA

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