Vehicle profile
1986 Dodge Diplomat
SE · Midsize Cars
Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Horsepower
- 140 hp
- Cylinders
- 8-cyl
- Displacement
- 5.2L
- Fuel
- Gasoline
- Transmission
- Automatic 3-spd
- Drive
- RWD
- Body class
- Midsize Cars
- Doors
- 4
Federal recall campaigns
1 federal recall campaign.
How this compares
- Most-affected system
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM — 1 of 1 (100%)
Derived from the federal campaign record across 1986 vehicles in the same body class. Counts are of campaigns, not of faults found.
86V053000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERYBATTERY CAP VENTS MAY BE PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY BLOCKED WITH PLASTIC FLASHING. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: A BUILD UP OF INTERNAL GAS PRESSURE COULD OCCUR WHICH COULD RESULT IN CASE RUPTURE, PARTICULARLY DURING POST CHARGING. SHOULD A PERSON BE IN THE VICINITY OF THE BATTERY WHEN THE CASE RUPTURES, THEY MAY BE INJURED BY THE RELEASED GASES AND/OR ACID.
Remedy: REWORK BATTERIES BY PROBING BOTH VENT ORIFICES TO ELIMINATE ANY VENT OBSTRUCTION.
10/04/1986
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"year": 1986,
"make": "Dodge",
"model": "Diplomat",
"trim": "Diplomat",
"submodel": "SE",
"horsepower": 140,
"cylinders": 8,
"displacement_l": 5.2,
"transmission": "Automatic 3-spd",
"drive_type": "RWD",
"fuel_type": "Gasoline",
"body_class": "Midsize Cars",
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"image_type": "illustration",
"recall_count": 1
}Compare
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