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Equipment: other: labels; service brakes, hydraulic: fluid (AP Racing)

Vehicle equipment recall 17E-073. NHTSA received AP Racing’s report on Dec 14, 2017.

NHTSA’s own record, on nhtsa.gov

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NHTSA received AP Racing’s report on Dec 14, 2017. 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?

Without the correct label information, the fluid may be added to a brake system that requires a different type of brake fluid. The fluid incompatibility may reduce braking performance, increasing the risk of a crash.

AP Racing is recalling certain 16.9oz bottles of Super 600 Brake Fluid, part number CP5600.

The label on this brake fluid is missing the required DOT information that the brake fluid is for Track/Race applications and not for use in vehicles on highways, nor does it state that it is DOT 4 brake fluid.

As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 116, “Motor Vehicle Brake Fluids.”

Source:

NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

  • NHTSA’s part: Equipment: other: labels.
  • NHTSA’s part: Service brakes, hydraulic: fluid.

What should you do?

AP Racing will notify the distributors that purchased the brake fluid bottles from AP Racing, and will provide new labels to clarify the brake fluid’s intended use, free of charge. The recall began on January 29, 2018. Owners may contact Essex Parts Services, US distributor of AP Racing fluids at 1-704-824-6030.

Source:

NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

  • How to reach the firm: Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

Which ones are recalled?

NHTSA counts 2,400 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

Source:

NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

  • AP Racing Super 600 Brake FluidBuilt from Dec 1, 2009 to Jun 1, 2014

Who is recalling it?

  • Made by AP Racing.
Source:

NHTSA, Recalls flat file. 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.
Source:

Hearth Record wrote these lines.

Sources

  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010).

    Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

Source:

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.

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