Nissan 280z 1979

• Recall 26474 [USA]: This could result in a vehicle accident.
  Unintended acceleration may occur, for example, when shifting from the park position.
  install a shift interlock system which prevents the transmission shift lever from being moved from the park position unless the brake pedal is depressed.
  system: accelerator/transmission.Vehicle description: passenger cars equipped with automatic transmission.

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• Recall 39741 [USA]: Vehicle description: passenger vehicles.system: fuel injection; electrical.consequences of defect: should high idle occur when
  Moisture and blow of mist present in the positive crankcase ventilation system may, under conditions of sub-zero temperatures, accumulate in the air regulator, causing prolonged engine idle, if owner fails to fully warm engine before driving. The pcv system can also cause a gumming in the throttle shaft which will impair the smooth open/close operation of the throttle.
  dealer will inspect and, if necessary, install a new pcv valve system with increased flow capacity. The throttle chambers and air regulators will be inspected and corrected and a final system integrity check will be performed at no cost to owner.
  vehicle description: passenger vehicles.System: fuel injection; electrical.Consequences of defect: should high idle occur when the roads are wet orcovered with snow and ice, hard braking can cause loss of vehicle control and avehicle accident.Note: the owner is advised to warm up the engine properly before driving thecar in severely cold weather.

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• Sudden acceleration investigation # EA85029

  Summary: odi has sent four irs to nissan (11/29/84, 10/10/85, 4/9/86, &11/14/86).Etf has tested 6 nissan vehicles and was unable to duplicatesudden accel.Odi inspected 9 vehicles and all operated normally.All15 vehicles were reported to have been involved in sudden accelerationincidents.Analysis: there are three possible causes of sa. (1) the driver pushed onthe accelerator instead of the brake pedal, (2) the vehicle was unrespon-sive to the drivers initial application of accelerator pedal pressureso the driver presses harder and the vehicle suddenly and unexpectedlyaccelerates at a faster rate than anticipated and with the close proximityof other cars or buildings the driver is unable to recover in time toavoid an accident, (3) floor mat bunches up and interfereswith accelerator pedal.Status:by letter dated 6/29/87, nissan announced the recall of183,519 vehicles (87v-098) to install a shift interlock kit.An auditsurvey of the recall will be initiated by nhtsa in the fall of 1988.Nhtsa wrote to nissan on may 24, 1988 concerning the effectiveness of theshift-lock device installed during recall campaign 87v-098.A responseis due on august 16, 1988.===
  

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