Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings (Chevrolet and GMC)
Vehicle recall 73V-151. NHTSA received GENERAL MOTORS CORP.’s report on Jul 16, 1973.
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The short answer
NHTSA received GENERAL MOTORS CORP.’s report on Jul 16, 1973. 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.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings.
What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: CHEVROLET CAMPAIGN NO 73-C-11, GMC CAMPAIGN NO 73-C-19.MEDIUM DUTYCONVENTIONAL TRUCKS WITH 366 OR 427 V-8 ENGINE AND HYDRAULIC BRAKES.POSSIBILITY THAT THE LEFT FRONT HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINE MAY BE IMPROPERLY ROUTEDAND MAY CONTACT THE POWER STEERING PUMP HOUSING.IF THIS CONDTION EXISTS AHOLE COULD BE WORN IN THE BRAKE LINE CAUSING A LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID AND BRAKINGCONTROL.(CORRECT BY INSPECTING AND PROPERLY ROUTING BRAKE LINE WHERENECESSARY.)
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 5,802 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Chevrolet CE6500and 1973, before the model years listed here
- Chevrolet CE60and 1973, before the model years listed here
- Chevrolet ME6500and 1973, before the model years listed here
- GMC ME6500and 1973, before the model years listed here
- GMC CE6500and 1973, before the model years listed here
- GMC CE6000and 1973, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by GENERAL MOTORS CORP..
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.