Parking brake: conventional: mechanical: linkage and cable (Oshkosh)
Vehicle recall 80V-101. NHTSA received OSHKOSH TRUCK CORPORATION’s report on Aug 5, 1980.
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The short answer
NHTSA received OSHKOSH TRUCK CORPORATION’s report on Aug 5, 1980. 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 PARKING BRAKE LINKAGE MAY NOT EXERT SUFFICIENT FORCE TO THE PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM TO HOLD THE VEHICLE ON A GRADE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Parking brake: conventional: mechanical: linkage and cable.
What should you do?
THE DEALER WILL MAKE AVAILABLE A PARKING BRAKE LINKAGE KIT TO RETROFIT THE INVOLVED VEHICLES AT NO CHARGE TO OWNER.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: TRUCKS.SYSTEM: PARKING EMERGENCY BRAKE; PARKING BRAKE LINKAGES.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: PROPERTY DAMAGE AND PERSONAL INJURY MAY RESULT IF THEVEHICLE IS LEFT UNATTENDED ON A GRADE AND THE PARKING BRAKES FAIL.NOTE: OPERATOR OF VEHICLE IS ENCOURAGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILEPARKING ON A SLOPE (USING A WHEEL CHOCK AS AN EXTRA PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE).
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 44 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
- Oshkosh Oshkoshand 1979 and 1980, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by OSHKOSH TRUCK CORPORATION.
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.