Vehicle speed control (Volvo)
Vehicle recall 69V-133. NHTSA received VOLVO OF AMERICA CORP.’s report on Sep 30, 1969.
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The short answer
NHTSA received VOLVO OF AMERICA CORP.’s report on Sep 30, 1969. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 28, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The notice gives no hazard in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Vehicle speed control.
What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: POSSIBILITY THAT DURING FREEWAY DRIV- ING VEHICLES FITTED WITH ZENITH-STROMBERG CARBURETOR AND HOT START VALVES COULD HAVE ACTUATING LEVER OF HOTSTART VALVE INTERFERE WITH THROTTLE RETURN.THIS COULD RESULT IN APARTIALLY-OPEN THROTTLE DURING DECELERATION.(CORRECT BY MODIFYING HOT STARTVALVE TO PRE- CLUDE POSSIBLE THROTTLE STICKING.)
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 16,000 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- Volvo 145and 1969, before the model years listed here
- Volvo 142and 1969, before the model years listed here
- Volvo 144and 1969, before the model years listed here
- Volvo 164and 1969, before the model years listed here
- Volvo 1800and 1969, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by VOLVO OF AMERICA CORP..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- This recall names only model years before 2015, which have no pages here. Your VIN, at NHTSA, says which recalls are open on a vehicle.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file before 2010 (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 28, 2026.