Service brakes, air (Autocar)
Vehicle recall 80V-128. NHTSA received WHITE MOTOR CORPORATION’s report on Oct 1, 1980.
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The short answer
NHTSA received WHITE MOTOR CORPORATION’s report on Oct 1, 1980. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 28, 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.
DURING HIGH SPEED FULL PRESSURE BRAKE APPLICATIONS, THE NUMBER TWO STEERING AXLE MAY SELF-STEER TO A PARTIAL RIGHT TURN WITHOUT THE DRIVER”S CONTROL.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Service brakes, air.
What should you do?
THE DEALER WILL REBALANCE VEHICLE BRAKING FORCES TO ELIMINATE THE SELF-STEER CONDITION.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES.SYSTEM: SERVICE BRAKES; STEERING AXLE.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: A PARTIAL LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL, UNDER STATEDCONDITIONS, COULD RESULT IN 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 91 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- Autocar DC7386DSand 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979, before the model years listed here
- Autocar C9384DSand 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by WHITE MOTOR CORPORATION.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 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 28, 2026 and checked Oct 28, 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 28, 2026.