Vehicle profile
1983 Buick Century
Limited
Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Cylinders
- 8-cyl
- Displacement
- 5.7L
- Fuel
- Diesel
- Doors
- 4
Federal recall campaigns
1 federal recall campaign.
How this compares
- Most-affected system
- SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC — 1 of 1 (100%)
Derived from the federal campaign record across 1983 vehicles in the same body class. Counts are of campaigns, not of faults found.
83V105000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DIFFERENTIAL PROPORTIONAL VALVETHE 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.
Remedy: THE DEALER WILL INSPECT AND, IF NECESSARY, REPLACE ALL SUSPECT VALVES.
13/10/1983
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"year": 1983,
"make": "Buick",
"model": "Century",
"trim": null,
"submodel": "Limited",
"horsepower": null,
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"transmission": null,
"drive_type": null,
"fuel_type": "Diesel",
"body_class": null,
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"recall_count": 1
}Compare
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