Vehicle recall 83V018000 · February 24, 1983
Chevrolet Citation, Oldsmobile Omega and 2 more models
Under certain conditions, vehicles may experience premature rear wheel skid during braking.
Source: NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026. Last refreshed Sep 23, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.
- Summary
- 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.
- Notes
- Vehicle description: passenger vehicles.system: service brakes; rear brakes.consequences of defect: if the driver is unable to complete corrective steeringor braking actions, the rear end of the vehicle may skid out of its lane oftravel, possibly resulting in an accident.note: until the problem is corrected, the driver should use caution in makinghard braking stops.
Recall details
- NHTSA campaign
- 83V018000
- Reported to NHTSA
- February 24, 1983
- Filed by
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
- Owner notification
- April 4, 1983
- Vehicles potentially affected
- 239,799
- Initiated by
- NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation
- Components
- Service brakes, hydraulic › Foundation components
Vehicles covered
As listed by NHTSA. A recall usually covers only some vehicles of each model and year, often a production date range.
- Buick Skylark (1980): 1980
- Chevrolet Citation (1980): 1980
- Oldsmobile Omega (1980): 1980
- Pontiac Phoenix (1980): 1980
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