Recall Register

1982 Mazda GLC: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the 1982 Mazda GLC. The newest campaign is 85V136000. NHTSA received the report on 23 Oct 1985. The NHTSA record gives the component Vehicle Speed Control. NHTSA has 3 complaints on file for 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, 85V136000, in the NHTSA record

Replace the connecting rod with one designed especially for this model and year.
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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

4 campaigns, newest first. 480,637 units in total.

  1. 85V136000Received . 24,270 units.

    Vehicle Speed Control

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Fitting of the ball joint between the cruise control lever and the connecting rod may be tight causing binding which affects the throttle return action. Consequence of defect: binding of the cruise control connecting rod could result in uncontrolled acceleration which could cause an accident.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Replace the connecting rod with one designed especially for this model and year.

    Report filed by MAZDA (NORTH AMERICA),INC. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 85V108000Received . 136,526 units.

    Steering

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    In certain high salt areas, the idler arm is exposed to road salt which causes the dust seal to deteriorate resulting in idler arm pin corrosion. This causes the pin to freeze and break. Consequence of defect: a broken idler arm pin could result in loss of steering control and may cause an accident.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Replace pin with one of improved corrosion resistant quality.

    Report filed by MAZDA (NORTH AMERICA),INC. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  3. 84V088000Received . 87,468 units.

    Exterior Lighting / Tail Lights

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Rear lamps do not meet the maximum intensity requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard 108, "lamps, reflective devices and associated equipment". The lamps produce too much light.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Light bulbs will be replaced with the correct type and the label that specifies the replacement part will be changed.

    Report filed by MAZDA (NORTH AMERICA),INC. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  4. 83V052000Received . 232,373 units.

    Seat Belts / Front / Anchorage

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Anchorage bolt may have been improperly reinstalled after vehicle repair. The bolt could loosen during normal vehicle operation.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Upon inspection, all improperly installed bolts will be removed and reinstalled correctly.

    Report filed by MAZDA (NORTH AMERICA),INC. 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, 3 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 Mazda GLC: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Visibility1
Engine and Engine Cooling1
Seats1
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
10 Oct 1995

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 Mazda GLC, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1995, with 3 complaints.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

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. 19771
  2. 19782
  3. 19792
  4. 19802
  5. 19812
  6. 19824
  7. 19832
  8. 19840
  9. 19850

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. 1982 Mazda GLC: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mazda/glc/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
MAZDA (NORTH AMERICA),INC

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 Mazda GLC?
480,637 units in 4 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Mazda GLC have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the Mazda GLC, model years 1977 to 1985. 4 of them name the 1982 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1982 Mazda GLC name most often?
Visibility: 1 of 3 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1982 Mazda GLC open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.