NHTSA recall 97V010000
Vehicle speed control
Pierce Fire Truck
Reported Jan 31, 199716 vehicles affectedPIERCE MANUFACTURING,INC.
The defect
These fire trucks do not at least two sources of return energy as required by federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 124, "accelerator control systems."
The risk
A throttle return problem can develop due to the throttle only having one return source increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
The remedy
Dealers will retrofit the throttle assemby with a newly designed throttle assembly.