1977 KENWORTH W900 Recall
- Campaign:
- 79V179000 on 10/11/1979
- Component:
- Service brakes, air:supply:reservoir
- Affected:
- 2,000
- Defect:
- Some of the involved vehicles do not comply with federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 121, "air brake systems". the air reservoir capacity is below that allowed by the standard.
- Correction:
- Dealer will either replace the existing tank with a larger tank or add a second tank, without charge to owner.
- Notes:
- Vehicle description: trucks.system: service brakes; air supply reservoir.consequences of defect: under certain driving conditions which may requirerepeated brake applications, air supply could be depleted and braking actionlost. a vehicle accident could result.
1977 KENWORTH W900 TSBs (2)
- Bulletin:
- TIB-E-009
- Component:
- 061200 engine and engine cooling:engine:diesel
- Summary:
- Paccar: a software update is causing the check engine light to come on. *rm
- Bulletin:
- TIB-E011
- Component:
- 063000 engine and engine cooling:exhaust system
- Summary:
- Paccar: engineering standards have changed and there are now engines with heat treated bolts. *rm