Service brakes, air: antilock (Thumb Truck)
Vehicle recall 77V-077. NHTSA received THUMB TRUCK EQUIPMENT’s report on May 23, 1977.
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The short answer
NHTSA received THUMB TRUCK EQUIPMENT’s report on May 23, 1977. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 23, 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.
THE INVOLVED VEHICLES DO NOT CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 121, “AIR BRAKE SYSTEMS”.
THE ANTI-SKID SYSTEM WAS OMITTED IN PRODUCTION OF THE VEHICLES.
THIS RAISES THE POSSIBILITY OF SKIDDING, DUE TO WHEEL LOCK-UP.
PARKING BRAKES MAY ALSO BECOME INEFFECTIVE WHEN WHEN THERE IS A DIMINISHING AIR SUPPLY.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Service brakes, air: antilock.
What should you do?
DEALER WILL INSTALL AN ANTI-SKID BRAKING SYSTEM, AT NO CHARGE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: HEAVY TRUCKS.SYSTEM: SERVICE BRAKES; ANTI-LOCK.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: WHEEL LOCK-UP AND INSUFFICIENT PARKING BRAKES COULDRESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 61 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
- Thumb Truck Thumb Truckand 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1976, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by THUMB TRUCK EQUIPMENT.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 23, 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 23, 2026 and checked Oct 23, 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 23, 2026.