Vehicle speed control (Buick and Cadillac)
Vehicle recall 76V-120. NHTSA received GENERAL MOTORS CORP.’s report on Aug 2, 1976.
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The short answer
NHTSA received GENERAL MOTORS CORP.’s report on Aug 2, 1976. 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: GENERAL MOTOR CAMPAIGN NO 67C3.POSSIBILITY THAT SEPARATED MOTOR MOUNT MAYALLOW MOTOR TO LIFT AND ROTATE, AFFECTING THROTTLE LINKAGE MOMENTARILYINCREASING THROTTLE OPENING POSSIBLY TO FULL THROTTLE.(CORRECT BY INSPECTINGAND INSTALLING RESTRAINT CABLE TO PRECLUDE THROTTLE INTERFERENCE).PASSENGERVEHICLE.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 209,562 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- Buick Electraand 1965 and 1967, before the model years listed here
- Buick Wildcatand 1965 and 1967, before the model years listed here
- Cadillac Cadillacand 1970, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by GENERAL MOTORS CORP..
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
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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.