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Cadillac certain passenger vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no.

NHTSA campaign 05V-046 · Reported September 2, 2005 · thousands of vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Cadillac SRX and Grand Prix
VEHICLES AFFECTED
thousands of
REMEDY
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ASSEMBLY.
COST
Free

The short version

GENERAL MOTORS CORP. reported a problem with the vehicle speed control accelerator pedal. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 124, 'ACCELERATOR CONTROL SYSTEMS.' IF ONE OF THE TWO ACCELERATOR PEDAL RETURN SPRINGS FAILS AND THE TEMPERATURE IS -22 DEGREES F TO -40 DEGREES F, THE ENGINE MAY NOT RETURN TO IDLE WITHIN THREE SECONDS, AS REQUIRED.

WHY IT MATTERS

IF THIS WERE TO OCCUR, GREATER BRAKE PEDAL FORCE AND A LONGER DISTANCE MAY BE REQUIRED TO STOP THE VEHICLE.

WHAT TO DO

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ASSEMBLY, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 05V-046.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2004Cadillac SRX
2004Pontiac Grand Prix

What changed

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