Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1984 Buick Electra

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.

2
Open recalls
2
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

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

What people complain about

  • Vehicle Speed Control
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    1

Recalls

2 campaigns
89V102000·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL1989-06-16

A SMALL NYLON BUSHING IN THE CRUISE CONTROL SERVO BAIL MAY SLIP OUT OF PLACE, CAUSING INTERMITTENT AND UNEXPECTED INCREASES IN ENGINE SPEED OR DIESELING (ENGINE RUN ON WITH IGNITION OFF).

RiskSERVO ROD ASSEMBLY COULD CATCH ON ENGINE COMPONENTS ANDRESULT IN A STUCK THROTTLE WITH POTENTIAL FOR A VEHICLE CRASH.

FixINSTALL A NEW BUSHING IN CRUISE CONTROL SERVO BAIL.

84V103000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS1984-09-05

RUBBER FUEL HOSE COULD ALLOW A SLOW FUEL LEAK WHILE THE ENGINE IS RUNNING.

FixDEALER WILL REPLACE RUBBER FUEL HOSE.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
EA88019·STEERING1988-01-28 → 1990-10-31

HYDRO BOOST

PE87038·STEERING1987-07-09 → 1988-01-28

HYDROBOOST FAILURE

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