NHTSA recall 05E025000 · Equipment
Vehicle speed control
Reported Apr 5, 20051,396 vehicles affectedJOHN DEERE
The defect
Certain john deere 8.1L compressed natural gas engines models hfn01 and hfn03 manufactured between may 2000 and november 2003 and used on school and transit buses. the engine control unit and throttle can unexpectedly surge. these units fail to conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 124, accelerator control systems.
The risk
A sudden engine surge could possibly result in a vehicle crash.
The remedy
John deere will notify owners and will update the engine control unit software free of charge. the recall began august 5, 2005. owners may contact john deere at 1-800-jd-engine.