Deployment of the air bag restraint system without warning can cause a driver to lose vehicle control.

Air Bags — Frontal
Vehicle Speed Control

Date Announced
FEB 24, 1998
Vehicles Affected
54,488
NHTSA Campaign #
98V040000
Summary
Vehicle description: Passenger vehicles. As a result of chaffing of a cruise control wire, the steering wheel rotary coupler can overheat and inadvertently deploy the driver's air bag.
Actions
Dealers will install a fusible link which will protect the rotary coupler from overheating.
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