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Report Date: April 30, 1999 11:16:29 PM

Year: 1984
Make: PORSCHE
Model: 944
Manufactured From: OCT 1981 To: OCT 1983
Year of Recall: '83
Type of Report: Vehicle
Summary:

THE REAR SEAT BELTS DO NOT INCLUDE EMERGENCY-LOCKING OR AUTOMATIC-LOCKING RETRACTORS. THE BELTS DO NOT COMPLY WITH FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 208, "OCCUPANT CRASH PROTECTION".

RECALLED VEHICLES WILL HAVE THE RIGHT REAR SEAT BELT AND A PORTION TO THE LEFT BELT REPLACED WITH RETRACTABLE BELTS.

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES.

SYSTEM: INTERIOR SYSTEMS; REAR SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY.

CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: THIS OMISSION MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF INJURY TO REARSEAT OCCUPANTS IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION.

Year: 1984
Make: PORSCHE
Model: 944
Manufactured From: SEP 1984 To: JAN 1985
Year of Recall: '85
Type of Report: Vehicle
Summary:

METAL BUSHINGS FOR THE CRUISE CONTROL LINKAGE ARE SUBJECT TO CORROSION DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS. ALSO, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE BUSHINGS AND THE SHAFT; AND THE LINKAGE POINTS WERE NOT LUBRICATED. THUS, CRUISE CONTROL LINKAGE CAN BIND, CAUSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO STICK IN A DEPRESSED POSITION. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: THE VEHICLE, WITHOUT WARNING, WOULD CONTINUE AT SET SPEED AND CAN'T BE REDUCED. THIS COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT.

REPLACE THE METAL BUSHINGS WITH THE PLASTIC VERSION. VEHICLE DESCIPTION: PASSENGER CARS EQUIPPED WITH CRUISE CONTROL.

SYSTEM: CRUISE CONTROL LINKAGE.

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