Service brakes, air (MGM)
Vehicle equipment recall 01E-032. NHTSA received MGM BRAKES’s report on Jun 22, 2001.
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The short answer
NHTSA received MGM BRAKES’s report on Jun 22, 2001. 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?
IF THE PUSHROD IS SHORTER THAN THIS MODEL REGULARLY PROVIDES, IN TIME THIS WILL CAUSE PREMATURE BRAKE WEAR, DECREASING THE TRAILER’S BRAKING ABILITY, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION: BRAKE ACTUATORS MANUFACTURED BY MGM BRAKES BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1999 AND MAY 14, 2001, PART NOS. 3230130 AND 3832085.
A SHORTER PUSHROD WAS USED THAN SPECIFIED FOR THIS MODEL.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Service brakes, air.
What should you do?
MGM BRAKES HAS NOTIFIED ITS DISTRIBUTORS AND HAS BEGUN REPLACING THE BRAKE ACTUATORS. PARTS ARE READILY AVAILABLE AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE ACTUATORS FREE OF CHARGE. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN IN JUNE 2000. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT MGM BRAKES AT 704-547-7411.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION’S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 1,888 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- MGM Brake ActuatorsNHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by MGM BRAKES.
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.
- Which ones, by part or lot: the recall’s report on NHTSA’s site gives them where the maker did; this file gives part numbers only where its maker listed them.
- 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.