Vehicle speed control (Rostra)
Vehicle equipment recall 97E-003. NHTSA received ROSTRA PRECISION CONTROLS’s report on Feb 13, 1997.
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The short answer
NHTSA received ROSTRA PRECISION CONTROLS’s report on Feb 13, 1997. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 20, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
UNINTENDED VEHICLE ACCELERATION CAN OCCUR INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH.
EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION: AFTERMARKET CRUISE CONTROL UNITS SOLD BY AUDIOVOX, MOSS MOTORS, S&S AUTOMOTIVE AND WARSHAWSKY.
THESE AFTERMARKET CRUISE CONTROL UNITS CAN ACCELERATE ABOVE THE INTENDED SET SPEED.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Vehicle speed control.
What should you do?
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THESE AFTERMARKET CRUISE CONTROL UNITS WITH NEWLY DESIGNED CRUISE CONTROL UNITS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: OWNER NOTIFICATION:OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN FEBRUARY 3, 1997.NOTE:OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REPLACEMENT CRUISE CONTROL UNIT WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT ROSTA PRECISION CONTROLS AT 1-910-276-4853.ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION’S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-800-424-9393.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 25,108 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Rostra Cruise ControlBuilt from Jul 1, 1996 to Dec 10, 1996
Who is recalling it?
- Made by ROSTRA PRECISION CONTROLS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Which ones, by part or lot: the recall’s report on NHTSA’s site gives them where the maker did; this file gives part numbers only where its maker listed them.
- 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 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 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 20, 2026.