Recall Register

1984 Buick Electra: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1984 Buick Electra. The newest campaign is 89V102000. NHTSA received the report on 16 Jun 1989. The NHTSA record gives the component Vehicle Speed Control. NHTSA has 2 complaints on file for this model year. 2 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, 89V102000, in the NHTSA record

Install a new bushing in cruise control servo bail.
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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.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 1,756,417 units in total.

  1. 89V102000Received . 1,755,897 units.

    Vehicle Speed Control

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    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).
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Servo rod assembly could catch on engine components andresult in a stuck throttle with potential for a vehicle crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Install a new bushing in cruise control servo bail.

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

  2. 84V103000Received . 520 units.

    Fuel System, Gasoline / Delivery / Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Rubber fuel hose could allow a slow fuel leak while the engine is running.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will replace rubber fuel hose.

    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

2 complaints, 2 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.

1984 Buick Electra: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Vehicle Speed Control1
Engine and Engine Cooling1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
1
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
16 Apr 2002

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 1984 Buick Electra, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1995, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 1984 Buick Electra
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
EA88019Engineering analysisHYDRO BOOSTSteering28 Jan 198831 Oct 1990
PE87038Preliminary evaluationHYDROBOOST FAILURESteering9 Jul 198728 Jan 1988

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.

  1. 19651
  2. 19661
  3. 19671
  4. 19702
  5. 19713
  6. 19722
  7. 19741
  8. 19752
  9. 19762
  10. 19772
  11. 19781
  12. 19792
  13. 19812
  14. 19821
  15. 19830
  16. 19842
  17. 19850
  18. 19863
  19. 19872
  20. 19880
  21. 19890
  22. 19901
  23. 19910

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1984 Buick Electra: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/buick/electra/1984/. 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 1984 Buick Electra?
1,756,417 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 Electra have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 29 recall campaigns for the Buick Electra, model years 1965 to 1991. 2 of them name the 1984 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1984 Buick Electra name most often?
Vehicle Speed Control: 1 of 2 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1984 Buick Electra open?
No. Each of the 2 investigations that name this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.