Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1986 Nissan 300ZX submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
ATTORNEY IS WRITING ON BEHALF OF MR. ARMSTRONG WHO WAS PERMANENTLY INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT AS A RESULT OF A STUCK THROTTLE DEFECT, THERE IS A ARMSTRONG V. NISSAN CASE PENDING BEFORE THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT. *TT
WHILE DRIVING, THROTTLE STUCK, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT AND CONSUMER TO BE INJURED, A SHOP MANAGER STATED THE CAUSE WAS DUE TO THE THROTTLE BODY BOOT BREAKING AWAY AND BECOMING LODGED IN THE ACCELERATION SYSTEM, NISSAN REDESIGNED THE THROTTLE CABLE IN 1995, ATTORNEY DONALD G. WILHELM FOR CLIENT AND WANTS TO WARN OTHERS ABOUT THE DEFECT. *SLC
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED STUCK THROTTLE, RESULTING IN PERMANENT INJURY TO CONSUMER. *MJS
WHEN SETTING THE CRUISE CONTROL AND DRIVING ABOUT 2 OR 3 MILES AFTER SETTING, THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL AUTOMATICALLY ACCELERATE. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK
WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UP TO 70MPH BECAUSE THE THROTTLE CABLE WAS NOT PROPERLY SECURED AND THIS CAUSED THE ACCELERATOR TO STICK IN THE OPEN POSITION. PLEA *AKSE DESCRIBE DETAILS.
FUEL INJECTED CAUSED ENGINE FIRE, REPLACE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM.
WHEN VEHICLE IS PUT IN GEAR SUDDEN ACCELERATION OCCURS, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT. *SD
WHEN YOU PUT THE CAR IN GEAR IT GOES FULL THROTTLE. WILL NOT STOP UNLESS YOU TURN OFF THE IGNITION. BRAKES WILL NOT STOP THE CAR. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
CONSUMER PUT CAR INTO REVERSE AND CAR ACCELERATED AND HIT A POLE.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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