Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1981 Pontiac Phoenix

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
0
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Recalls

2 campaigns
81V038000·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES1981-03-24

THE ENGINE-TO-BODY GROUND CABLE ON CERTAIN VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED DURING MANUFACTURE. THE CABLE COULD EVENTUALLY BREAK DUE TO THE RELATIVE MOTION BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND BODY DURING VEHICLE OPERATION.

FixA NEW GROUND CABLE WILL BE INSTALLED FREE OF CHARGE.

80V129000·STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS1980-10-08

THE INVOLVED VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN ASSEMBLED WITH THE POWER STEERING HOSE INCORRECTLY ROUTED. THE POWER STEERING HOSE MAY THEN CONTACT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD, RESULTING IN DETERIORATION AND EVENTUAL FAILURE OF THE HOSE AND LEAKAGE OF POWER STEERING FLUID ONTO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD.

FixTHE DEALER WILL INSPECT AND, IF NECESSARY, REPLACE THE HOSES AND INLET PIPE AND ADD A CLIP AT NO CHARGE TO OWNER.

NHTSA investigations

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

POWER ST. ASSIST

DP82010·POWER TRAIN1982-05-20 → 1982-10-18

TRANS. LOCKUPS AND TRANS. HARD SHIFTING

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