Vehicle speed control (Chinook)
Vehicle recall 73V-096. NHTSA received CHINOOK MOBIL LODGE CO.’s report on May 1, 1973.
Watch and the shortlist are kept with a free account, on every device. Your watch list. NHTSA’s own record is on nhtsa.gov.
The short answer
NHTSA received CHINOOK MOBIL LODGE CO.’s report on May 1, 1973. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 24, 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 24, 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 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: CHINOOK CAMPAIGN NO N/A.MFG.BETWEEN FEB.1972 & DEC.1972.POSSIBILITYTHAT VEHICLES WITH CRUISE CONTROL UNIT CAN HAVE THROTTLE STICK PARTIALLY OPENWHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL IS NOT ENGAGED.(CORRECT BY INSPECTING AND MODIFYINGTO PREVENT STICKING OF THROTTLE.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 11 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- Chinook Mobilodgeand 1972 and 1973, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by CHINOOK MOBIL LODGE CO..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 24, 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
-
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file before 2010 (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010).
Released Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 24, 2026.