NHTSA Campaign Id 05V193000; Date: May. 3, 2005
A sudden engine surge could possibly result in a vehicle crash.
2002 Eldorado E-z Rider Ii; 2003 Eldorado E-z Rider Ii
Component: Vehicle Speed Control
Manufactured by: Eldorado National - California, Inc.
Affected Units:: 24
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.
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.
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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