Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1983 Buick Century

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
1
NHTSA complaints
5
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

1 filed
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Seats
    1
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION Components
    1
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND Linkages
    1
  • VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC System
    1
  • STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    1
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    1
  • Seat Belts
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
83V105000·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DIFFERENTIAL PROPORTIONAL VALVE1983-10-13

THE BRAKE PROPORTIONER VALVES MAY BREAK AND SEPARATE FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER. THIS WOULD ALLOW BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK AND WOULD RESULT IN A PARTIAL LOSS OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM.

FixTHE DEALER WILL INSPECT AND, IF NECESSARY, REPLACE ALL SUSPECT VALVES.

NHTSA investigations

5 actions
EA87006·STEERING1986-12-16 → 1988-09-19

POWER ST. ASSIST

DP86018·UNKNOWN OR OTHER1986-09-05 → 1986-12-19

POWER STEERING FAILURE

EA85046·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1985-08-30 → 1987-07-24

POWER BRAKE ASSIST

C85007·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1985-06-19 → 1989-05-18

REAR BRAKE LOCKUP

Led to recall66V003000

PE85016·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING1984-12-03 → 1985-03-22

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES

Led to recall85V034000

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