Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer: lpg systems: tank valve/gauge (Concentric)
Vehicle equipment recall 85E-001. NHTSA received CONCENTRIC CONTROLS,LTD.’s report on Dec 3, 1985.
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The short answer
NHTSA received CONCENTRIC CONTROLS,LTD.’s report on Dec 3, 1985. 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 HIGH FLOW OF GAS TO THE BURNER CAUSES AN ABNORMALLY HIGH FLAME WHICH MAY CAUSE A FIRE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer: lpg systems: tank valve/gauge.
What should you do?
ALL VALVES WILL BE REPLACED WITH VALVES WITH ADDITIONAL STAKING OF THE ORIFICE CUP TO ENSURE THAT IT WILL NOT BECOME DISLODGED.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MOTOR HOMES EQUIPPED WITH STOVE PRODUCED BY ELIXER INDUSTRIES. SYSTEM: LPG STOVE VALVE.DESCRIPTION OF DEFECT. THE METAL ORIFICE CUP LOCATED IN THE OUTLET PORT OF THEVALVE WHICH IS A PRESSED IN FIT CAN BECOME LOOSE AND DISLODGED WHEN SUBJECTED TO EXTREMELY COLD TEMPERATURES, THUS ALLOWING AN ABNORMALLY HIGH FLOW OF GAS TO THE BURNER.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 15,000 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Concentric ConcentricNHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by CONCENTRIC CONTROLS,LTD..
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.