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Isuzu Rpo Ik9 Equipment Mechanical Safety Report | June 26, 2008
Reported on June 26, 2008
| ON JUNE 26, 2008 THE ACCELERATOR STICKS, THE TIRES SPINNING VIOLENTLY, SMOKE FILLING THE NEIGHBORING AIR AT THE INTERSECTION, WITH THE PROBLEM OCCURING IN INTERVALS, HOWEVER EVENTUALLY THE ACCELERATOR RELEASING ITSELF, BUT NEVER IMMEDIATLY, ALWAYS GRADUALLY, WELL AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE PEDAL. THE ACCELERATOR STUCK, WAS A VERY FRIEGHTENING EXPERICE, AND ONE NEITHER OF US HAD EVER EXPERIENCED IN OUR COMBINED 100 YEARS OF DRIVING. WHEN HE WAS ABLE TO SLOWLY BABY THE VEHICLE BACK TO MY HOUSE, HE OPENED THE HOOD TO FIND THE OBVIOUS PROBLEM STARRING HIM IN THE FACE. A LARGE CHUNK OF RUBBERY GOOP ATTACHED TO THE ACCELERATOR CABLE NEAR WHERE IT EXITS THE CABLE HOUSING, AND SEEMES TO WRAP AROUND A PULLY TYPE DEVICE, ATTACHED TO THE MAIN ENGINE BLOCK. SOME OF THE MATERIAL WAS HARD AND STIFF, ATTACHED TO THE CABLE AND PULLEY, AND SOME OF IT WAS VERY SOFT, AND RUBBERY. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THE SUBSTANCE WAS ONCE PART OF A BOOT ATTACHED TO THE HOUSING THAT THE ACCELERATOR CABLE RAN THROUGH, AS A PART OF THE RUBBER BOOT WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE HOUSING. AFTER CLEANING AWAY ALL OF THE EXCESS DETERIORATED MATERIAL AWAY FROM WHERE IT HAD BEEN LODGED INSIDE THE PULLY, THE CABLE, AND BACK WITHIN THE CABLE HOUSING, THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED FOR NOW, AND PLAN TO ADDRESS THE REPAIR OF THE CABLE SOMETIME TODAY, I SUPPOSE AT A IZUZU DEALERSHIP, WHERE EVER I CAN LOCATE ONE. MY CONFUSION COMES NOW FROM YOU. WHY WAS I ABLE TO GOOGLE THIS PROBLEM, AND FIND A REACALL OF THE VEHICLE BACK IN 2004 FOR THIS EXACT, AND EXTREMLY DANGEROUS OCCURRANCE, AND YET I FIND NOTHING ABOUT A RECALL OR PROBLEM, HERE ON YOUR PAGES???. NOTHING HERE A 1995 IZUZU RODEO BOOT ACCELERATOR CABLE PROBLEM. I FIND THE THE RECALL CLEARLY DEFINED AT A SITE CALLED INTERNET AUTOGUIDE AT HTTP://WWW.INTERNETAUTOGUIDE.COM/AUTO-RECALLS/09-INT/1995/ISUZU/TROOPER/INDEX.HTML. ... I ALSO FIND A RECALL IDENTIFICATION NUMER AS : RECALL ID# 54021. | |
| Make: | Isuzu |
| Model: | Rpo Ik9 |
| Manufactured by: | ISUZU MANUFACTURING SERVICES OF AMERICA |
| Year: | 9999 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | 0 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | 0 person(s) died. |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | VENTURA CA |
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| Was a police report filed? | N |
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