Service brakes, air: supply: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings (Fruehauf)
Vehicle recall 68V-042. NHTSA received FRUEHAUF CORPORATION’s report on Apr 24, 1968.
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The short answer
NHTSA received FRUEHAUF CORPORATION’s report on Apr 24, 1968. 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 notice gives no hazard in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Service brakes, air: supply: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings.
What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: POSSIBILITY AIR HOSE CONNECTIONS ARE IMPROPERLY INSTALLED.AIR HOSE CONNECTIONS SHOULD POINT DOWN.UNTIL CHANGE IN DIRECTION OF THE AIR HOSE CONNECTION IS MADE, IT IS POSSIBLE, UNDER A COMBINATION OF CIRCUM- STANCES,FOR THE HOSES TO KINK AND BLOCK THE AIR PRESSURE WHICH ACTUATES THE TRAILER BRAKES.(CORRECT BY PROPER DIRECTING CONNECTIONS.)
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 350 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Fruehauf Fruehauf
Who is recalling it?
- Made by FRUEHAUF CORPORATION.
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.
- 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.
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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.