I had this same problem occur 6 years ago in my 91 vanagon while in traffic
with 4 kids aboard.
I let the VW product liason know in person, when I happened to meet with him
on another matter.
I'd rather have seen a recall on this instead of that air conditioner duct
recall.  And yes the duct fell too..
The non-cotter pinned  metal accelerator arm that wears against the linkage
is the one you probably need... it cost back then 28$
jm -----Original Message-----
From: Judith Barr/Leo Girard <lgirard@BMTS.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 11:49 PM
Subject: accelerator linkage 85 Vanagon automatic

>Hi gang
>The ol' bomb had been running miraculously well....
>Stepped on the accelerator to pass a slow moving vehicle and something
>popped....the accelerator went dead to the floor seemingly unattached from
>whatever there is on the other side of the floorboards. The engine was
still
>running and as I was only about 2 or 3 km from home it was no problem to
get
>back (slowly) running at 900 rpm.
>Tomorrow morning when I peel away the spare tire to see what the problem is
>what should I be looking for? Will it be a cable? a pivot? Anyone
>experienced a similar misfortune?
>Thanks in advance,
>Leo
>Meaford ON
>