NHTSA Campaign 04V583000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES
NHTSA campaign 04V583000 covers 3 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the vehicle speed control: cables. The repair is free.
MAZDA NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS filed the report for 04V583000 with NHTSA on December 10, 2004; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 04V583000, NHTSA lists up to 121,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 30, 2001 and December 19, 2003.
The 04V583000 report reached NHTSA 12 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 04V583000 were scheduled from January 28, 2005, 49 days after the report.
04V583000 covers 1 model from Mazda, model years 2002–2004.
Owners of the model years 04V583000 covers have filed at least 105 complaints naming the vehicle speed control, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 04V583000 vehicles, the 2002 Mazda Tribute has the most (37).
By potentially affected vehicles, 04V583000 ranks 2 of 35 MAZDA NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS recalls on this site.
Besides 04V583000, MAZDA NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS has 2 other recalls on the vehicle speed control on this site; the one before 04V583000 was 04V234000, reported on May 19, 2004.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, THE ACCELERATOR CABLE MAY PREVENT THE THROTTLE FROM RETURNING TO THE IDLE POSITION.
- The risk
- AN UNEXPECTED INCREASE IN ENGINE IDLE SPEED MAY INCREASE STOPPING DISTANCE AND MAY RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE ACCELERATOR CABLE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JANUARY 28, 2005. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT MAZDA AT 1-800-222-5500, OPTION #4.
- Notes
- MAZDA RECALL NO. 2704L.
Reported December 10, 2004
Vehicles covered by 04V583000 (3)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V583000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: December 10, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted