Service brakes, air: supply: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings (Ford)
Vehicle recall 74V-237. NHTSA received FORD MOTOR COMPANY’s report on Dec 2, 1974.
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The short answer
NHTSA received FORD MOTOR COMPANY’s report on Dec 2, 1974. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 27, 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 27, 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 27, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: FORD CAMPAIGN NO 147.BUS CHASSIS AND TRUCKS.POSSIBILITY THAT TRUCKSEQUIPPED WITH AIR BRAKES MAY HAVE BEEN INADVERTENTLY BUILT WITH AN AIR SUPPLYLINE FROM THE FOOT TREADLE VALVE TO THE AIR SUPPLY TANK THAT COULD BECOMEDISCONNECTED.SHOULD THIS OCCUR, THE AIR SUPPLY TANK PRESSURE WOULD BEEXHAUSTED AND THE SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM COULD NOT BE ACTIVATED.(CORRECT BYINSPECTING AND INSTALLING INSERTS WHERE MISSING AND TIGHTEN TUBE NUTS TOSPECIFICATION).
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 6,705 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
- Ford B750and 1973, 1974 and 1975, before the model years listed here
- Ford B7000and 1973, 1974 and 1975, before the model years listed here
- Ford WT9000and 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1975, before the model years listed here
- Ford B700and 1973, 1974 and 1975, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by FORD MOTOR COMPANY.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 27, 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 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 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 27, 2026.