Vehicle recall 77V142000 · September 13, 1977
1977 Peterbilt Peterbilt
A wiring adapter harness was mistakenly installed on the involved vehicles.
Source: NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026. Last refreshed Sep 23, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.
- Summary
- 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".
- Remedy
- Dealer will remove the wiring adapter harness without charge to owner.
- Notes
- 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.
Recall details
- NHTSA campaign
- 77V142000
- Reported to NHTSA
- September 13, 1977
- Filed by
- PACCAR, INCORPORATED
- Owner notification
- September 22, 1977
- Vehicles potentially affected
- 120
- Initiated by
- the manufacturer
- Components
- Service brakes, air › Antilock › Interconnecting assembly(wiring)
Vehicles covered
As listed by NHTSA. A recall usually covers only some vehicles of each model and year, often a production date range.
- Peterbilt Peterbilt (1977): 1977
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