Service brakes, air: supply (Baker)
Vehicle equipment recall 83E-008. NHTSA received BAKER MANUFACTURING, INC.’s report on Jul 18, 1983.
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The short answer
NHTSA received BAKER MANUFACTURING, INC.’s report on Jul 18, 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.
VALVES MAY LOOSEN OR SEPARATE DUE TO BROKEN ASSEMBLY BOLTS, WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN BENT DURING INSTALLATION.
IF SO, A TANK ON WHICH THE VALVE IS INSTALLED WILL LOSE AIR PRESSURE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Service brakes, air: supply.
What should you do?
VALVE MANUFACTURER HAS ARRANGED FOR REPLACEMENT OF ALL VALVES WITH A UNIT OF MODIFIED DESIGN, INCLUDING STAINLESS STEEL IN PLACE OF ORIGINAL PLATED STEEL BOLTS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: BUSES AND HEAVY TRUCKS.SYSTEM: SERVICE BRAKES; MOISTURE DRAIN VALVE.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: FULL BRAKING CAPABILITY WOULD BE LOST, WHICH COULDRESULT IN AN ACCIDENT, ESPECIALLY IF MINIMUM STOPPING TIME IS REQUIRED.NOTE: LOSS OF AIR PRESSURE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ILLUMINATION OF A WARNING LIGHTAND AUTOMATIC ACTIVATION OF THE SPRING BRAKES.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 3,000 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Baker BakerBuilt from Jun 1, 1982 to Jan 1, 1983
Who is recalling it?
- Made by BAKER MANUFACTURING, 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).
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.