Service brakes, air: supply (White Truck)
Vehicle recall 79V-011. NHTSA received WHITE MOTOR CORPORATION’s report on Jan 9, 1979.
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The short answer
NHTSA received WHITE MOTOR CORPORATION’s report on Jan 9, 1979. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 24, 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 WERE BUILT WITH CERTAIN TRACTOR PROTECTION VALVES WHICH MAY CONTAIN AN EXTRA VALVE.
THIS MAY PREVENT THE TRAILER BRAKES FROM FULLY RELEASING AFTER A LOW PRESSURE APPLICATION, CAUSING THE TRAILER BRAKES TO DRAG.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Service brakes, air: supply.
What should you do?
THE DEALER WILL INSPECT FOR THE PRESENCE OF THE EXTRA CHECK VALVE. IF FOUND, THE EXTRA CHECK VALVE WILL BE REMOVED. THIS WILL BE DONE AT NO CHARGE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: TRUCK TRACTOR.SYSTEM: SERVICE BRAKES; PROTECTION VALVES.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: OVERALL BRAKING EFFICIENCY AND VEHICLE CONTROL MAY BEIMPAIRED. THIS COULD LEAD TO A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.NOTE: THE ONLY PRECAUTION DRIVERS MAY TAKE TO REDUCE THE RISK OF MALFUNCTIONPRIOR TO CORRECTIVE ACTION IS TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE BOBTAIL.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 100 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- White Truck RC2and 1978, before the model years listed here
- White Truck RB2and 1978, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by WHITE MOTOR CORPORATION.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 24, 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 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 24, 2026.