Recall Register

1982 Buick Century: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1982 Buick Century. The newest campaign is 83V007000. NHTSA received the report on 1 Jan 1983. The NHTSA record gives the component Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Foundation Components / Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings. NHTSA has 3 complaints on file for this model year. 3 NHTSA investigations name this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 83V007000, in the NHTSA record

The dealer will inspect and replace, if necessary, the rear brake hoses at no charge to owners.

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 534,824 units in total.

  1. 83V007000Received . 15,495 units.

    Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Foundation Components / Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Rear brake hoses may have been manufactured incorrectly when the metal end fittings were installed. Some rear brake hoses may separate from the metal end fittings when subjected to the pulling force specified by federal motor vehicle safety standard 106, "brake hoses".
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    The dealer will inspect and replace, if necessary, the rear brake hoses at no charge to owners.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 82V021000Received . 519,329 units.

    Fuel System, Gasoline / Storage / Tank Assembly / Filler Pipe and Cap

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Under certaain conditions, the hose clamps on the fuel tank filler pipe and fuel tank filler vent pipe could fracture. The fracture of these clamps could cause fuel leakage at any of the four pipe to hose connections. Leakage can occur during refueling, or while driving, if the fuel tank is above 3/4 full.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will inspect and replace the hose clamps on the fuel tank filler pipe and vent pipe at no cost to owner.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

3 complaints, 4 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1982 Buick Century: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Power Train2
Steering2
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
19 Sep 1996

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1982 Buick Century, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1996, with 2 complaints.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 1982 Buick Century
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
EA87006Engineering analysisPOWER ST. ASSISTSteering16 Dec 198619 Sep 1988
DP86018Defect petitionPOWER STEERING FAILUREUnknown or Other5 Sep 198619 Dec 1986
EA85046Engineering analysisPOWER BRAKE ASSISTService Brakes, Hydraulic30 Aug 198524 Jul 1987

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1982 Buick Century: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/buick/century/1982/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1982 Buick Century?
534,824 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Buick Century have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 55 recall campaigns for the Buick Century, model years 1973 to 2005. 2 of them name the 1982 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1982 Buick Century name most often?
Power Train: 2 of 4 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1982 Buick Century open?
No. Each of the 3 investigations that name this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.