Superior RD500 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 3 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 9 model years of the Superior RD500 (1973–2000).

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All Superior RD500 recalls (3)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Superior RD500, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

1. Check valve (service brakes)

   NHTSA 03V293000 Reported August 6, 2003 508 vehicles potentially affected SUPERIOR TRLR WORKS CORP.

   On certain trailers equipped with sealco spring brake control valve assemblies incorporated in arvinmeritor axles, part nos. 110700 and 110800, there is a recessed area on top of the valve in which a brass guide pin fits down inside the body of the valve and is held in place by a steel snap ring. The recessed area allows accumulation of…

   Remedy: Sealco will provide a repair kit and installation instructions to customers free of charge. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy…

   Model years: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

2. Wheels

   NHTSA 74V201000 Reported October 30, 1974 7 vehicles potentially affected SUPERIOR TRLR WORKS CORP.

   Model years: 1973, 1974

3. Lugs/nuts/bolts/studs (wheels)

   NHTSA 74V134000 Reported August 23, 1974 19 vehicles potentially affected SUPERIOR TRLR WORKS CORP.

   Model years: 1974

Other Superior models

• Superior1 complaints
• Trailer1 complaints
• 61M0 complaints
• Ambulance0 complaints
• Contential0 complaints
• Conventional0 complaints
• FD211C0 complaints
• FD2290 complaints

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.