Vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal (Plymouth and Dodge)
Vehicle recall 74V-167. NHTSA received CHRYSLER CORPORATION’s report on Oct 1, 1974.
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The short answer
NHTSA received CHRYSLER CORPORATION’s report on Oct 1, 1974. 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: accelerator pedal.
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: CHRYSLER CAMPAIGN NO 175.POSSIBILITY THAT THE FLOOR COVERING (CARPET ORFRIBER MAT) MAY INTERFERE WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL.IF THIS CONDITION EXISTSTHE CARPET OR RUBBER MAT TO THE RIGHT OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL MAY IMPEDE THENORMAL RETURN OF THE ACCELERATOR.(CORRECT BY INSPECTING AND REMOVING APORTION OF THE DASH LINER TO ELIMINATE THE INTERFERENCE WITH ACCELERATOR PEDAL).
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 55,862 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- Plymouth Valiantand 1975, before the model years listed here
- Dodge Dartand 1975, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by CHRYSLER CORPORATION.
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.