Vehicle recall 80V115000 · September 9, 1980
White Truck RB2S Series, Road Commander 2 and 1 more model
Certain vehicles may not comply with federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 12I, "air brake systems".
Source: NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026. Last refreshed Sep 23, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.
- Summary
- Certain vehicles may not comply with federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 12I, "air brake systems". This requires the air tank capacity to be at least twelve times as large as the brake chamber volume, to provide adequate reserves for situations which may require repeated brake applications.
- Remedy
- Dealer will add an air tank to the involved vehicles at no charge to owner.
- Notes
- Vehicle description: trucks.system: service brakes; air supply reservoir.consequences of defect: insufficient air capacity could result in air pressurereserves being depleted. This would cause the spring brakes to lock, and couldresult in loss of vehicle control and an accident.
Recall details
- NHTSA campaign
- 80V115000
- Reported to NHTSA
- September 9, 1980
- Filed by
- WHITE MOTOR CORPORATION
- Owner notification
- October 30, 1981
- Vehicles potentially affected
- 100
- Initiated by
- the manufacturer
- Components
- Service brakes, air › Supply › Reservoir/tank
Vehicles covered
As listed by NHTSA. A recall usually covers only some vehicles of each model and year, often a production date range.
- White Truck RB2S Series (1978-1979): 1979, 1978
- White Truck Road Commander 2 (1978-1979): 1979, 1978
- White Truck Western Star (1978-1979): 1979, 1978
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