Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder (Wagner Electric)
Vehicle equipment recall 76E-015. NHTSA received WAGNER’s report on Aug 17, 1976.
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The short answer
NHTSA received WAGNER’s report on Aug 17, 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: BENDIX MASTER CYLINDER PART NO.1594.POSSIBILITY MASTER CYLINDERS HAVEIMPROPER THREAD SIZES AT THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTLET PORTS.THISCONDITION MOST LIKELYWOULD BE NOTICED BY THE INSTALLER, HOWEVER, THE COULD BEREFORMED TO FIT THE MASTER CYLINDER AND IF THERE WAS THERE WAS A FAILURE INHALF OF THE SYSTEM ON SOME BRAKE THERE WOULD BE INSUFFICIENT DISPLACEMENTRESERVE FLUID TO RESERVE FLUID TO PREVENT PEDAL LOSS IN THE REMAINING INTACTPORTION OF THE SYSTEM.THIS COULD RESULT IN TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKING AND POSSIBLEACCIDENT.(CORRECT BY INSPECTING AND REPLACING MASTER CYLINDERS).
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 350 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Wagner Electric Wagner ElectricNHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by WAGNER.
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).
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