Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder (Midland Ross)
Vehicle equipment recall 76E-006. NHTSA received MIDLAND’s report on Apr 29, 1976.
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The short answer
NHTSA received MIDLAND’s report on Apr 29, 1976. 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: master cylinder.
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: PART NUMBERS C-2904 (MODEL 600) AND C-2904-F (MODEL 450).POSSIBILITY OF AFAILURE OF THE SYNCHRONIZING VALVE TO ADEQUATELY SEAL THE BRAKE FLUID FROMLEAKING OR BEING DRAWN INTO THE VACCUUM SECTION OF THE VALVE.THIS CONDITIONCAN CAUSE THE BRAKE FLUID TO BE DEPLETED FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER RESERVOIR ANDRESULT IN LOSS OF BRAKES WHICH COULD CAUSE VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING(CORRECT BY INSPECTING ANDREPLACING WITH A NEW RE-MANUFACTURED VALVE ASSEMBLY).
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 3,880 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Midland Ross Midland RossNHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by MIDLAND.
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).
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