Service brakes, air: supply: quick release valve (Sealco)
Vehicle equipment recall 83E-004. NHTSA received SEALCO AIR CONTROLS, INC.’s report on Jan 4, 1983.
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The short answer
NHTSA received SEALCO AIR CONTROLS, INC.’s report on Jan 4, 1983. 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.
EMERGENCY RELEASE BRAKE VALVE MAY CONTAIN A DEFECTIVE RUBBER SHUTTLE THAT DEFORMS DURING OPERATION.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Service brakes, air: supply: quick release valve.
What should you do?
THE VALVE WILL BE REPLACED OR A SERVICE KIT WILL BE SENT FREE OF CHARGE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: TRUCKS.SYSTEM: BRAKING; EMERGENCY RELEASE BRAKE VALVES.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: VALVE MAY EXHAUST TOO SLOWLY OR MAY FAIL TO EXHAUST ALLOF THE OUTLET PRESSURE, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN BRAKE LOCKUP. LOSS OF VEHICLECONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT COULD FOLLOW.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 88 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Sealco SealcoNHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by SEALCO AIR CONTROLS, 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.
- 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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