Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: caliper (Isuzu)
Vehicle recall 83V-071. NHTSA received ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED’s report on Jul 29, 1983.
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The short answer
NHTSA received ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED’s report on Jul 29, 1983. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 20, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The notice gives no hazard in a field of its own.
BOLT LOCATED IN REAR BRAKE CALIPERS MAY NOT BE SECURELY FASTENED.
THE BOLT MAY COME OFF AND BRAKING ACTION COULD BECOME IMPAIRED.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: caliper.
What should you do?
UPON INSPECTION, BOLTS WILL BE PROPERLY TIGHTENED.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES.SYSTEM: SERVICE BRAKES; REAR BRAKE BOLTS.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: CONTINUED OPERATION OF VEHICLE WITH DEFECTIVE BRAKESCOULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT.NOTE: A CHATTERING NOISE OR A “CLUNK” SOUND FROM THE REAR BRAKE AREA INDICATESTHE BOLT HAS FALLEN OFF.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 3,342 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Isuzu Impulseand 1983, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- This recall names only model years before 2015, which have no pages here. Your VIN, at NHTSA, says which recalls are open on a vehicle.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file before 2010 (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 20, 2026.