Parking brake: driveline: hydraulic: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings (Mack)
Vehicle recall 85V-159. NHTSA received MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED’s report on Nov 26, 1985.
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The short answer
NHTSA received MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED’s report on Nov 26, 1985. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 26, 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 QUICK RELEASE VALVE SUPPORT BRACKET MOUNTED ON THE AXLE MAY CRACK.
THIS CAUSES FATIGUE FAILURE OF THE STEEL AIR LINES LEADING TO THE REAR PARKING BRAKES AND CHASSIS SERVICE BRAKES RESULTING IN SUDDEN LOSS OF AIR PRESSURE.
CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: THIS SUDDEN LOSS OF AIR TO THE BRAKE CHAMBERS WILL RESULT IN AUTOMATIC ACTUATION OF REAR PARKING BRAKE CAUSING SUDDEN REAR WHEEL LOCKUP WHICH MAY CONTRIBUTE TO AN ACCIDENT.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Parking brake: driveline: hydraulic: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings.
What should you do?
INSTALL A REDESIGNED VALVE SUPPORT BRACKET.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: PARKING BRAKES AIR LINES, QUICK RELEASE VALVE BRACKET.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MID-LINER TRUCKS.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 3,308 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
- Mack MS250Pand 1984 and 1985, before the model years listed here
- Mack MR600Pand 1984 and 1985, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 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 26, 2026 and checked Oct 26, 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 26, 2026.