Service brakes, air: supply: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings (Gould)
Vehicle equipment recall 81E-014. NHTSA received GOULD, INCORPORATED’s report on Nov 12, 1981.
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The short answer
NHTSA received GOULD, INCORPORATED’s report on Nov 12, 1981. 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.
AIR HOSES FAIL TO MEET THE TENSILE STRENGTH REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 106, “BRAKE HOSES”.
EXCESSIVE CRACKING MAY OCCUR AT THE END OF THE HOSE AND AN AIR LEAK MAY DEVELOP IN THE BRAKING SYSTEM.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Service brakes, air: supply: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings.
What should you do?
MANUFACTURER WILL REPLACE ALL DEFECTIVE AIR HOSES WITHOUT CHARGE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: SEMI-TRAILERS.SYSTEM: SERVICE BRAKES; AIR HOSE.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: SUDDEN APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES DUE TO AIR LEAKS MAYCAUSE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 6,200 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Gould GouldNHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by GOULD, INCORPORATED.
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.