Fuel system, other: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings (Brougham)
Vehicle recall 82V-042. NHTSA received BROUGHAM INDUSTRIES, INC.’s report on Apr 28, 1982.
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The short answer
NHTSA received BROUGHAM INDUSTRIES, INC.’s report on Apr 28, 1982. 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.
ON THE INVOLVED VEHICLES, THE IMPROPER ROUTING OF THE L.P.
GAS PIPING BETWEEN THE L.P.
GAS TANK AND THE FUEL BURNING APPLIANCE MIGHT CAUSE THE REAR AXLE SUSPENSION SYSTEM TO DAMAGE THE PIPING.
THE PIPING MAY RUPTURE AND ALLOW THE L.P.
GAS TO LEAK.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Fuel system, other: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings.
What should you do?
DEALER WILL REMOVE THE EXISTING L.P. GAS LINES AND REROUTE THEM TO AVOID ANY POSSIBLE DAMAGE AND WILL ALSO TEST FOR LEAKS AT NO COST TO OWNER.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MOTORHOMES BUILT ON GMC AND CHEVROLET CHASSIS.SYSTEM: FUEL; L.P. GAS LINE.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: IF THE L.P. GAS LEAKS AND IS IGNITED, A FIRE OR ANEXPLOSION COULD RESULT AND CAUSE SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH TO OCCUPANTSOR NEARBY PERSONS.NOTE: THE L.P. GAS SYSTEM SHOULD BE TURNED OFF AT THE TANK VALVE UNTIL THEDEFECT CAN BE CORRECTED.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 24 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Brougham R228and 1982, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by BROUGHAM INDUSTRIES, INC..
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.