Hearth Record

Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder (Arrow Automotive)

Vehicle equipment recall 83E-011. NHTSA received ARROW AUTOMOTIVE IND.,INC’s report on Aug 8, 1983.

NHTSA’s own record, on nhtsa.gov

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The short answer

NHTSA received ARROW AUTOMOTIVE IND.,INC’s report on Aug 8, 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.

THE CATALOG OF THE AFTERMARKET SUPPLIER, PUBLISHED IN OCTOBER 1982, USES A SINGLE PART NUMBER FOR MASTER CYLINDER NUMBERS 61-1244 AND 61-1181.

THIS COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE MISAPPLICATION OF THE PART, LEADING TO A FAILURE OF THE HOOD TO FULLY CLOSE OR TO AN INCORRECT CYLINDER STROKE CAUSING CONTINUOUS APPLICATION OF THE FRONT BRAKES.

THERE IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY THAT IF THE PRIMARY BRAKES FAIL, THE STROKE IN THE MASTER CYLINDER MAY BE INADEQUATE TO OPERATE THE SECONDARY BRAKES.

Source:

NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

  • NHTSA’s part: Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder.

What should you do?

DISTRIBUTORS WERE INSTRUCTED TO RETURN ALL STOCK OF BOTH MASTER CYLINDERS AND TO REPLACE ALL INSTALLED UNITS WITH ALL COSTS TO BE BORNE BY THE MANUFACTURER.

Source:

NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

  • How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: PASSENGER VEHICLES.SYSTEM: SERVICE BRAKES; MASTER CYLINDER.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: DEGRADED BRAKE PERFORMANCE WITHOUT WARNING MAY IMPAIROPERATOR CONTROL OF A VEHICLE AND RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND ANACCIDENT.NOTE: THE PHYSICAL MISFIT, POSSIBLY EVIDENCED BY DIFFICULTY IN CLOSING THEHOOD, AND ACCELERATED WEAR OF THE FRONT BRAKES ARE WARNING SIGNS OFMISAPPLICATION OF THE MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER.

Which ones are recalled?

NHTSA counts 3,864 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

Source:

NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

  • Arrow Automotive Arrow AutomotiveNHTSA gives no dates made

Who is recalling it?

  • Made by ARROW AUTOMOTIVE IND.,INC.
Source:

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.
Source:

Hearth Record wrote these lines.

Sources

Source:

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.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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