Wabco Quick Release Valve, model year 9999. Filed by Meritor Wabco Vehicle Control Systems and reported to NHTSA on 28 October 2014. 3,721 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Meritor WABCO Vehicle Control Systems (Meritor WABCO) is recalling certain Wabco Quick Release Valves with Double Check manufactured February 6, 2013, to April 19, 2014. In the affected valves, the rubber diaphragm may be damaged by sharp edges on the valve seat ribs, reducing the available air pressure in the air …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Meritor Wabco's own number for this recall: C15AA. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 14E070 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 14E070 cover?
- Wabco Quick Release Valve.
- What is wrong with them?
- Meritor WABCO Vehicle Control Systems (Meritor WABCO) is recalling certain Wabco Quick Release Valves with Double Check manufactured February 6, 2013, to April 19, 2014.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- The reduced air pressure levels may reduce braking performance and/or the parking brakes could reapply, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- MeritorWABCO has notified affected OEM customers, which will conduct the notification and remedy campaign. The recall is expected to begin during December 2014. Owners may contact Meritor WABCO at 1-248-435-8001. Meritor WABCO's identification number for this recall is C15AA.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Meritor Wabco calls this recall C15AA, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “The reduced air pressure levels may reduce braking performance and/or the parking brakes could reapply, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 14E070 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Meritor Wabco Vehicle Control Systems |
| System at fault | Service Brakes, Air |
| Reported to NHTSA | 28 October 2014 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | WABCO QUICK RELEASE VALVE |
What the notice says today
The consequence
The reduced air pressure levels may reduce braking performance and/or the parking brakes could reapply, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
MeritorWABCO has notified affected OEM customers, which will conduct the notification and remedy campaign. The recall is expected to begin during December 2014. Owners may contact Meritor WABCO at 1-248-435-8001. Meritor WABCO's identification number for this recall is C15AA.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 353 notices in the record whose component field names service brakes, air. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 43 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 14E070, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/14e070/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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- Defect summary
fca7c8ef - Consequence
6bf690ed - Remedy
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