Service brakes, air: antilock: interconnecting assembly(wiring) (Peterbilt)
Vehicle recall 77V-142. NHTSA received PACCAR, INCORPORATED’s report on Sep 13, 1977.
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The short answer
NHTSA received PACCAR, INCORPORATED’s report on Sep 13, 1977. 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.
A WIRING ADAPTER HARNESS WAS MISTAKENLY INSTALLED ON THE INVOLVED VEHICLES.
THIS RESULTS IN DEACTIVATION OF THE WHEEL ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM ON THE FRONT STEERING AXLE, AND CONSEQUENTLY FAILS TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 121, “AIR BRAKE SYSTEMS”.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Service brakes, air: antilock: interconnecting assembly(wiring).
What should you do?
DEALER WILL REMOVE THE WIRING ADAPTER HARNESS WITHOUT CHARGE TO OWNER.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: TRUCKS.SYSTEM: SERVICE BRAKES; WHEEL ANTI-LOCK WIRING ADAPTER HARNESS.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: WITH THE ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM INOPERATIVE, A PANIC STOPCOULD CAUSE THE FRONT WHEELS TO LOCK-UP, RESULTING IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROLAND AN ACCIDENT.NOTE: THIS DEFECT WOULD PREVENT THE WARNING LIGHT FROM ACTIVATING TO ALERT THEDRIVER THAT THE ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM IS INOPERATIVE.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 120 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Peterbilt Peterbiltand 1977, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by PACCAR, INCORPORATED.
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.