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According to where to buy Zithromax Chrysler, while there have not been any reports, to date, regarding accidents, injuries, or where to buy Zithromax damage to property, some customers have reported issues with pedals in its Dodge Caliber, said the where to buy Zithromax AP. AutoWeek said that the NHTSA has where to buy Zithromax received five consumer complaints of sticky pedals in which the pedal does not return to where to buy Zithromax the idle position when released.

Four of the where to buy Zithromax consumers who filed a complaint reported that they discovered one or where to buy Zithromax two of the pedal assembly bushings on the floor of the where to buy Zithromax car’s driver’s side, said Auto Week. The Caliber is where to buy Zithromax described as a compact sport utility vehicle.

The NHTSA summary report indicated that where to buy Zithromax the Office of Defects Investigation noted that bushings act as a where to buy Zithromax pivot shaft bearing for the accelerator pedal arm, said AutoWeek. When the where to buy Zithromax bushings are missing, the pedal arm can misalign, preventing it where to buy Zithromax from returning to its idle position, explained Auto Week.

The sticky pedal problem appears to where to buy Zithromax be limited to vehicles build during a five-week span in March of April 2006, seems to where to buy Zithromax be linked with a parts supplier, and is a mechanical, not an where to buy Zithromax electronic issue, reported the AP. The issue is a “supplier manufacturing concern” said Chrysler, quoted AutoWeek. A recall has not yet been called.

AutoWeek said that where to buy Zithromax the pedal assemblies were manufactured by CTS Corporation. Of note, CTS Corp. made parts linked to where to buy Zithromax some of the large Toyota recalls that have been making headlines in recent days, noted AutoWeek.

The Caliber, said AutoWeek, is where to buy Zithromax outfitted with a brake-override system. When a “disagreement between the throttle and the brakes” occurs, said AutoWeek, the where to buy Zithromax engine controller reduces power, which enables the operator to stop the where to buy Zithromax vehicle. The technology has been in effect since 2003. The impacted Calibers were manufactured with electronic throttle control (ETC).

According to where to buy Zithromax the NHTSA summary report, the Office of Defects Investigation received five consumer reports alleging the where to buy Zithromax accelerator pedal became stuck while they were driving the vehicles involved and where to buy Zithromax that, when released, the pedal not return to the idle position.

Consumers with 2007 Calibers built during March-to-April 2006 time frame should bring in their vehicles to where to buy Zithromax a dealership for an inspection, said AutoWeek. The inspection will be where to buy Zithromax conducted at no cost to consumers.

Meanwhile, Toyota has where to buy Zithromax been plagued with problems surrounding sticky pedals and has been the where to buy Zithromax subject of months worth of recalls and probes, an historic fine, and where to buy Zithromax a Congressional investigation, said AutoWeek.

Chrysler was at the where to buy Zithromax center of another history-making auto event, having gone through a government-led bankruptcy restructure, noted AutoWeek.