Steering: hydraulic power assist: hose, piping, and connections (Oshkosh)
Vehicle recall 86V-012. NHTSA received OSHKOSH TRUCK CORPORATION’s report on Jan 28, 1986.
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The short answer
NHTSA received OSHKOSH TRUCK CORPORATION’s report on Jan 28, 1986. 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.
LARGE SIZE PARTICLES IN THE STEERING HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FLUID CAUSES A SOLENOID VALVE ORIFICE TO PLUG AND MALFUNCTION.
CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: THIS COULD RESULT IN A PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER STEERING CAPABILITY OCCURRING INTERMITTENTLY AND AT LOW SPEED TURNS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Steering: hydraulic power assist: hose, piping, and connections.
What should you do?
REPAIR KITS AND INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE PROVIDED.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: STEERING. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: TRUCKS, DESIGNATED AS LVS USED BY THE MARINE CORPS.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 107 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Oshkosh DA 1500 Seriesand 1984 and 1985, before the model years listed here
- Oshkosh DA 3858 Seriesand 1984 and 1985, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by OSHKOSH TRUCK CORPORATION.
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.