Recall 83V018000: 1980 Chevrolet Citation and 3 other models

Report received

Feb 24, 1983

Manufacturer

General motors corp.

Potentially affected

239,799vehicles

Model years

1980

Check your own vehicle. A recall applies only to vehicles within the affected build range. Enter your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Recall repairs are free at a franchised dealer.

What NHTSA recorded

Under certain conditions, vehicles may experience premature rear wheel skid during braking. Rear wheel skidding is most likely to occur on a wet or slick surface.

Remedy

Depending on the transmission type and the brake components that have been installed, dealers will inspect and replace or repair, as necessary, certain front brake components, and the parking brake cables. The rear brake shoes and linings will be replaced with parts that use a material which greatly reduces the likelihood of rear wheel skid. Actions taken to the front brakes are to ensure uniformity of the entire brake system. Actions taken to the parking brake components will ensure that the performance requirements, for keeping the vehicle stationary while manual transmission equipped units are in neutral and automatic transmission equipped units are in park, are met.

Affected model years

Pages for each model year show complaints, parts, mileage and other recalls.

• 1980 Buick Skylark0 complaints
• 1980 Chevrolet Citation1 complaints
• 1980 Oldsmobile Omega1 complaints
• 1980 Pontiac Phoenix0 complaints