Buick Service Brakes, Hydraulic: Pedals and Linkages

Buick is recalling about 742 vehicles over a problem with the service brakes, hydraulic.

Campaign
73V083000
Manufacturer
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Reported
13 April 1973
Vehicles
742
Built between
Feb 1973 – Mar 1973
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
Not yet
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between February 1973 and March 1973. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 1973 Buick ApolloBuilt February 1973 to March 1973

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtFebruary 1973 to March 1973
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA13 April 1973

No owner-notification date has been published yet. Manufacturers normally write to registered owners within 60 days of reporting a recall.

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 13 April 1973.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

General motor campaign no n/a.possibility that the retention nuts on brakeclevis may be loose on non-power brake system.a loose nut might allowrotation of the master cylinder push rod, which may change the effective brakepush rod length.(correct by inspecting and adjust to specifications andtighten nut securely.)

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

Same component

Same brand