Teleflex Morse Vehicle Speed Control: Accelerator Pedal

Teleflex Morse is recalling about 1,153 vehicles over a problem with the vehicle speed control. Unexpected acceleration could result in a vehicle crash, possibly resulting in personal injury or death.

Campaign
02E007000
Manufacturer
TELEFLEX MORSE
Reported
6 March 2002
Vehicles
1,153
Built between
Jul 2000 – Feb 2002
Models
1
Recall type
Equipment
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
5 March 2002
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between July 2000 and February 2002. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • Teleflex Morse Electric Floor PedalBuilt July 2000 to February 2002

What the defect is

Equipment description: teleflex morse electric floor pedals shipped to customers from july 2000 to february 2002, part nos. 224300-001, 224320-001/004, and 224690. Under heavy use, one of the pedal dual return-spring arms on the floor-mounted electric pedals may fail. A failure could cause the vehicle to accelerate unexpectedly.

What could happen

Unexpected acceleration could result in a vehicle crash, possibly resulting in personal injury or death.

What gets fixed

TELEFLEX MORSE WILL NOTIFY ITS CUSTOMERS TO RETURN THE DEFECTIVE ELECTRIC FOOT PEDALS FOR A REPLACEMENT FREE OF CHARGE. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN MARCH 5, 2002 .

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJuly 2000 to February 2002
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA6 March 2002
  3. Owners notified5 March 2002

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 6 March 2002.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

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 teleflex morse at 1-330-425-7329.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
TELEFLEX MORSE
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Also, customers can contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

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