Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer: lpg systems: lines and fittings (Argosy)
Vehicle recall 76V-167. NHTSA received BEATRICE FOODS COMPANY’s report on Oct 22, 1976.
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The short answer
NHTSA received BEATRICE FOODS COMPANY’s report on Oct 22, 1976. 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: Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer: lpg systems: lines 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: ARGOSY MANUFACTURER CAMPAIGN NO N/A.TRAILERS.POSSIBILITY THAT THE FURNACEEXHAUST VENT ADAPTER MAY NOT BE SEALING AGAINST THE ASBESTOS GASKET ON THEEXHAUST VENT TUBE.IF THIS CONDITION EXISTS, THE IMPROPER SEAL CAN CAUSECARBON MONOXIDE TO BE DRAWN INTO THE DUCTWORK AND EXPELLED THROUGHOUT THETRAILER.THIS POISON GAS MAY BUILD UP TO DANGEROUS LEVELS, WHICH MAY CAUSEDEATH.(CORRECT BY INSPECTING AND REINSTALLING THE VENT CAP WITH SHORTERSCREWS WHEN NECESSARY).
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 780 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Argosy Argosyand 1976, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by BEATRICE FOODS COMPANY.
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.
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 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.