EMC Vehicle Speed Control: Cables

Emc is recalling about 583 vehicles over a problem with the vehicle speed control. In these circumstances, unintended acceleration could occur possibly resulting in a vehicle crash.

Campaign
04E035000
Manufacturer
EMC
Reported
17 May 2004
Vehicles
583
Built between
Not published
Models
1
Recall type
Equipment
Initiated by
NHTSA investigation
Owners notified
27 May 2004
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

The manufacturer did not publish a build-date range for this recall, so the model and year list below is the only way to tell whether your vehicle is covered.

  • EMC Aevit

What the defect is

The accelerator inner-cable may come in contact with the unprotected outer housing during certain throttle operations which could damage the cable effecting throttle control.

What could happen

In these circumstances, unintended acceleration could occur possibly resulting in a vehicle crash.

What gets fixed

EMC WILL NOTIFY ITS CUSTOMERS AND WILL INSTALL A NEW AEVIT ACCELERATOR CABLE AND ANCHORAGE BRACKET FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN MAY 27, 2004.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA17 May 2004
  2. Owners notified27 May 2004

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 17 May 2004.

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 emc customer service at 225-927-5558 ext. 200.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
EMC
Recall initiated by
ODI

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

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.

Same component

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