NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 71V235000

Component: ENGINE:MOUNTS

Manufacturer: GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Potential Number of Units Affected: 6682084

 

Year: 1967

Make: CHEVROLET

Model: CAMARO

Manufactured From: To:

Year of Recall: '71

Type of Report: Vehicle

Summary:

 

THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT A SEPARATED MOTOR MOUNT MAY ALLOW THE ENGINE TO LIFT, WHICH MAY AFFECT THE THROTTLE

LINKAGE, MOMENTARILY INCREASING THROTTLE, POSSIBLY TO FULL THROTTLE.

 

UNEXPECTED LOSS OF THROTTLE CONTROL MAY CAUSE LOSS OFVEHICLE CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT.

 

INSPECT ENGINE MOUNTS AND INSTALL RESTRAINTS WHICH WILL LIMIT ENGINE LIFT AND ELIMINATE POSSIBLE SECONDARY EFFECTS TO

THE THROTTLE LINKAGE DUE TO ENGINE MOUNT SEPARATION.

 

SYSTEM: ENGINE.

 

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES, LIGHT TRUCKS AND VANS.