Factory specifications, fluid capacities, torque values, EPA fuel economy and the federal safety record for the 1980 Spirit.
The 1980 American Motors Spirit is the model-year entry in AMC’s Spirit lineup, and a proper overview must ground it in its specific body style, platform, and engine choices before drawing broader conclusions. Because the supplied source material identifies the vehicle only by name and year, the standout specifications and reliability context that would normally frame this model year cannot be stated without introducing unsupported claims. As a result, the 1980 Spirit stands here as a defined reference point whose mechanical details and place in the model’s durability history await verified data.
Owner-reported issues, recalls, investigations and service bulletins on record with NHTSA — an unfiltered look at what owners actually experience.
No recall campaigns on record with NHTSA for this vehicle as of the last data refresh.
The most common OBD-II codes for this vehicle's emissions system. These are standardized SAE J2012 definitions, not vehicle-specific fault reports.
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Cross-vehicle references for the kinds of data on this page.
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