2002 ELDORADO E-Z RIDER II Recall

Campaign:

05V193000 on 05/02/2005

Component:

Vehicle speed control

Manufactured:

01/01/2002 - 07/30/2003

Affected:

24

Defect:

Certain transit buses equipped with john deere 8.1 liter compressed natural gas engines fail to comply with the federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 124, "accelerator control systems." the engine control unit and throttle can unexpectedly surge.

Consequence:

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

Correction:

John deere is conducting the owner notification and remedy for this campaign. owners may contact john deere at 1-800-jd-engine or eldorado at 909-591-9557.

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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