Recall 85V170000: Oshkosh truck corporation

Report received

Dec 23, 1985

Manufacturer

Oshkosh truck corporation

Potentially affected

430vehicles

Model years

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Check your own vehicle. A recall applies only to vehicles within the affected build range. Enter your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Recall repairs are free at a franchised dealer.

What NHTSA recorded

An error in the installation of the brake air line resulted in connecting the front and rear air brake supply tanks in series without a check valve between them. If an air leak develops in either the front or rear brake system, both tanks would be depleted of air causing both brake systems to be inoperative. Consequence of defect: a truck without independent front and rear brake systems is in noncompliance with fmvss 121, air brake systems, which provides such a system to reduce highway accidents.

Remedy

Rework plumbing for brake lines to enable front brake systems to be independently filled and protected from rear brake system.