9999 JOHN DEERE HFN03 Recall

Campaign:

05E025000 on 04/06/2005

Component:

Vehicle speed control

Affected:

1,396

Defect:

Certain john deere 8.1l compressed natural gas engines models hfn01 and hfn03 manufactured between may 2000 and november 2003 and used on school and transit buses. the engine control unit and throttle can unexpectedly surge. these units fail to conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 124, accelerator control systems.

Consequence:

A sudden engine surge could possibly result in a vehicle crash.

Correction:

John deere will notify owners and will update the engine control unit software free of charge. the recall began august 5, 2005. owners may contact john deere at 1-800-jd-engine.

Notes:

Customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov.

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