Vehicle speed control: cables (Volvo)
Vehicle recall 72V-235. NHTSA received VOLVO OF AMERICA CORP.’s report on Sep 21, 1972.
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The short answer
NHTSA received VOLVO OF AMERICA CORP.’s report on Sep 21, 1972. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 25, 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 25, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Vehicle speed control: cables.
What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VOLVO CAMPAIGN NO V-14.MODELS 142, 144, 145, 164, 182 AND 183 ONLY.POSSIBILITY THAT THROTTLE CONTROL CABLE INNER WIRE MAY BECOME FRAYED ANDPOSSIBLY CAUSE THROTTLE TO BECOME STUCK IN PARTIALLY-OPEN POSITION.IFCONDITION EXISTS, VEHICLE WOULD BECOME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.(CORRECT BYINSPECTING AND REPLACING WITH NEW IMPROVED CABLE WHERE NECESSARY.).
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 39,943 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
- Volvo Volvoand 1969, 1970, 1971 and 1972, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by VOLVO OF AMERICA CORP..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 25, 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 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 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 25, 2026.