Service brakes, air: supply: check valve (Peterbilt and Kenworth)
Vehicle recall 76V-014. NHTSA received PACCAR, INCORPORATED’s report on Jan 4, 1976.
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The short answer
NHTSA received PACCAR, INCORPORATED’s report on Jan 4, 1976. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 28, 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 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Service brakes, air: supply: check valve.
What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: KENWORTH CAMPAIGN NO N/A.PETERBILT CAMPAIGN NO 276A.POSSIBILITY THAT CHECKVALVE BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THIRD TANK OF THE AIR SYSTEM IS A SINGLE CHECKVALVE INSTEAD OF A DOUBLE CHECK VALVE AS SHOULD BE EMPLOYED.IF THIS CONDITIONEXISTS AND THE PLUMBING TO THE PARKING BRAKES MAY BE SO DIRECTED AS TONOTPROVIDE A BACK-UP AIR SYSTEM AND THUS FAIL TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLESAFETY STANDARD 121.(CORRECT BY INSPECTING AND INSTALLING DOUBLE CHECK VALVEAND REDIRECTING PLUMBING TO MEET STANDARD 121).
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 355 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- Peterbilt 200and 1975 and 1976, before the model years listed here
- Peterbilt 300and 1975 and 1976, before the model years listed here
- Kenworth Hustlerand 1975 and 1976, before the model years listed here
- Kenworth K100 COEand 1975 and 1976, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by PACCAR, INCORPORATED.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 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 28, 2026 and checked Oct 28, 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 28, 2026.