Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings (Volvo)
Vehicle recall 81V-125. NHTSA received VOLVO OF AMERICA CORP.’s report on Oct 20, 1981.
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The short answer
NHTSA received VOLVO OF AMERICA CORP.’s report on Oct 20, 1981. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 26, 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.
A BRAKE TUBE MAY BREAK DUE TO RESONANT VIBRATION GENERATED BY OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE.
IF TUBE BREAKAGE OCCURS, BOTH FRONT WHEEL AND TRAILER BRAKES WOULD REMAIN FUNCTIONAL, BUT THE STOPPING DISTANCE WOULD BE INCREASED.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings.
What should you do?
A SUPPORTING CLAMP FOR THE BRAKE TUBE WILL BE INSTALLED WITHOUT CHARGE TO OWNER.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: TRUCK TRACTORS.SYSTEM: SERVICE BRAKES; BRAKE TUBE.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: THIS DEFECT WILL RESULT IN A COMPLETE LOSS OF REARWHEEL SERVICE BRAKING CAPABILITY. IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, INCREASED STOPPINGDISTANCE COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.NOTE: AN INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHT MAY ALERT DRIVER TO PARTIAL LOSS OF BRAKES.SUCH VEHICLES SHOULD BE SERVICED IMMEDIATELY.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 78 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
- Volvo F6 Seriesand 1981 and 1982, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by VOLVO OF AMERICA CORP..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 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 26, 2026 and checked Oct 26, 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 26, 2026.