Autocar Xpeditor 2018

• Recall 244995 [USA]: A park brake warning light that illuminates incorrectly increases the risk of a crash.
  Autocar, llc (autocar) is recalling certain 2016-2023 acx (xpeditor) and 2021-2023 dc (legend) vehicles. The park brake warning light may incorrectly illuminate during an air loss event. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard number 101, "control and displays."
  dealers will replace the pressure switch, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed january 2, 2024. Owners may contact autocar customer service at 1-888-218-3611. Autocar's numbers for this recall are acx-2311 and dc-2306. This recall is an expansion of recall number 23v-400.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Nhtsa.Gov.

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• Recall 237551 [USA]: The unexpected release of the parking brake may allow the vehicle to rollaway, increasing the risk of a crash.
  Autocar, llc (autocar) is recalling certain 2012-2016 xpert, 2010-2020 xspotter, 2008-2020 xpeditor, 2008-2010 wxll and wx vehicles. A worn parking brake control valve can leak air into the vent line, creating excessive back pressure and causing the parking brake to release unexpectedly.
  dealers will remove the vent line and fitting from the valve, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed march 23, 2023. Owners may contact autocar customer service at 1-888-218-3611. Autocar's number for this recall is acx-2023 actt-2301.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Nhtsa.Gov.

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• Recall 199767 [USA]: A detached heat shield can become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash or injury.
  Autocar, llc (autocar) is recalling certain 2018-2021 xpeditor vehicles. The turbocharger heat shield may fail and detach from the vehicle.
  autocar will notify owners, and dealers will replace the turbocharger heat shield, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on june 24, 2021. Owners may contact autocar customer service at 1-888-218-3611 or 1-877-973-3486. Autocar's number for this recall is acx-2103.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall 146133 [USA]: The vehicle may stall and not restart, without warning, increasing the risk of a crash, personal injury or property damage.
  Autocar, llc (autocar) is recalling certain 2018-2021 xpeditor vehicles. These vehicles may have a seat belt harness routing located too close to the seat mechanism. If the harness chafes and short circuits, the circuit protection fuse will open, and the engine will shut off and not restart.
  autocar will notify owners, and dealers will route and secure the seatbelt wiring clear of the seat mechanism, free of charge. The recall began on march 25, 2021. Owners may contact autocar customer service at 1-888-218-3611 or 1-877-973-3486. Autocar's number for this recall is acx-2101.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall 153404 [USA]: Unexpected parking brake application can increase the risk of a crash.
  Autocar, llc (autocar) is recalling certain 2018-2021 xpeditor trucks with a right-hand drive cab configuration equipped with a park brake valve (button) located to the right of the steering wheel. The parking brake synchronization valve plumbing may be improperly assembled, causing the parking brake to apply unexpectedly without warning.
  autocar will notify owners, and dealers will correct the plumbing to allow the system to operate as designed. The recall began september 28, 2020. Owners may contact autocar customer service at 1-888-218-3611 or 1-877-973-3488. Autocar's number for this recall is acx-2004.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall 148692 [USA]: If the cross member fails, the components that it supports may come loose from the vehicle, increasing the risk of crash.
  Autocar, llc. (autocar) is recalling certain 2014-2018 xpeditor vehicles manufactured with a single cross-member behind the engine and equipped with a front engine power take off (fepto). The mounting brackets of the first cross member behind the engine may fail prematurely due to strain caused by improper spacing between the cross members, causing the supportive cross member to become loose and detach from the frame rails.
  autocar will notify owners, and dealers will replace any damaged components as well as install additional support brackets and an additional cross member, free of charge. Autocar issued owners an interim notification on september 18, 2020. Owners may contact autocar's customer service at 1-888-218-3611 or 1-877-973-3486. Autocar's number for this recall is acx-2003. Note: these vehicles were separated out of the previous autocar recall (19v-456) due to their unique configuration.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall 151289 [USA]: An atc ecu malfunction may increase the risk of a crash.
  Autocar, llc (autocar) is recalling certain 2016-2020 autocar xpeditor vehicles equipped with wabco automatic traction control (atc) electronic control units (ecu). The atc ecus may not be programmed correctly and may malfunction without warning.
  autocar will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the atc ecu, free of charge. Owners may contact autocar customer service at 1-888-218-3611 or 1-877-973-3486. The recall began july 6, 2020. Autocar's number for this recall is acx-2002.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall 149350 [USA]: A vehicle stall can increase the risk of crash.
  Autocar, llc (autocar) is recalling certain 2013-2020 xpeditor vehicles. The ignition relay may fail without warning, causing the vehicle to stall.
  autocar will notify owners, and dealers will replace the ignition relay, free of charge. Autocar issued owners an interim notification on march 12, 2020. Owners may contact autocar customer service at 1-888-218-3611 or 1-877-973-3486. Autocar's number for this recall is acx-2001.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall 149910 [USA]: If the cross member fails, the components that it supports may come loose from the vehicle, increasing the risk of crash.
  Autocar, llc (autocar) is recalling certain 2013-2018 autocar xpeditor vehicles. The drive shaft support cross member may fail.
  autocar will notify owners, and dealers will install additional support brackets and cross members and replace any damaged components, free of charge. Autocar issued owners an interim notification on august 7, 2019. The recall began october 13, 2020. Owners may contact autocar customer service at 1-888-218-3611 or 1-877-973-3486. Autocar's number for this recall is acx-1906.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall 132720 [USA]: Unexpected movement when parked can increase the risk of crash.
  Autocar, llc (autocar) is recalling certain 2008-2019 xpeditor vehicles. The affected vehicles are equipped with undersized brake chambers, possibly allowing the truck to roll when parked. As a result, the vehicles fail to comply with federal motor vehicle safety standard (fmvss) number 121, "air brake systems."
  autocar will notify owners, and dealers will replace the parking brake chambers with ones of the proper size, free of charge. The recall began april 16, 2019. Owners may contact autocar customer service at 1-888-218-3611 or 1-877-973-3486. Autocar's number for this recall is acx-1903.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall 137314 [USA]: If the pinch bolt loosens, there may be a loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash.
  Autocar, llc (autocar) is recalling certain 2018-2019 autocar xpeditor vehicles. The pinch bolt on the clamp for the adjustable length drag link may not have been properly tightened.
  autocar will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the drag link pinch bolt, tightening it as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on may 25, 2018. Owners may contact autocar customer service at 1-888-218-3611 or 1-877-973-3486. Autocar's number for this recall is acx-1802.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall 129755 [USA]: In the event that the wiring harness carries excessive current, the harness may overheat, increasing the risk of a fire.
  Autocar, llc (autocar) is recalling certain 2014-2018 xpeditor vehicles equipped with a factory installed methane detection system. The circuit protection for the methane detector may be inadequate, and the harness may be improperly routed.
  autocar will notify owners, and dealers will replace the ten amp fuse with a three amp fuse, free of charge. The recall began on april 13, 2018. Owners may contact autocar customer service at 1-888-218-3611 or 1-877-973-3486. Autocar's number for this recall is acx-1801.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall 137031 [USA]: Overheating of the defrost actuator increases the risk of a fire.
  Autocar, llc (autocar) is recalling certain 2017-2018 xpeditor vehicles. These vehicles are equipped with an hvac defrost door actuator system mechanism that may overheat due to inadequate circuit protection.
  autocar will notify owners, and dealers will install an additional harness with a one amp fuse to the circuit, free of charge. The recall began on january 12, 2018. Owners may contact autocar customer service at 1-888-218-3611. Autocar's number for this recall is acx-1704.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Vehicle roll away investigation # PE20003

  On april 1, 2020, following information received from the office of defects investigation (odi) network of fleet contacts, odi opened pe20-003 to investigate reports of vehicle roll away in certain model year (my) 2008-2020 autocar and mack refuse trucks equipped with certain bendix pp-1 push-pull pneumatic park brake control valves with a pipe-away exhaust configuration. Prior to odi’s investigation,[kk(1]  bendix commercial vehicle systems llc (bendix), the subject component manufacturer, published two related technical service bulletins (tsbs): bendix push-pull type control valves service data sd-03-3611 rev. 007 (2019-03) and bendix pp-1 & pp-8 park control valve wear and replacement notice technical bulletin tch-003-056 (2019-11-20). Odi sent information request (ir) letters to motor vehicle manufacturers autocar llc (autocar) and volvo trucks north america/mack trucks, inc. (volvo/mack) and motor vehicle equipment manufacturer bendix. Ir response data from all three manufacturers was analyzed and cross-referenced to gain further understanding. To date, odi is aware of 5 vehicle roll-away incidents related to the alleged defect condition in the subject vehicles equipped with the subject components, resulting in 4 crashes and 1 injury. On december 9, 2021, volvo/mack notified the agency of a safety recall (21v953) to address a safety defect in certain my 2008-2019 terrapro (mru) and my 2019-2022 terrapro (te) trucks originally equipped with the subject components. [kk(2] on january 1, 2023, autocar notified the agency of a safety recall (23v023) to address a safety defect in certain my 2008-2020 acx (xpeditor), my 2012-2020 acmd (xpert), my 2010-2020 actt (xspotter), my 2008-2010 wx and my 2008-2010 wxll trucks. Volvo/mack and autocars recall remedies involve removing the vent line fitting threaded into the exhaust port of the subject pp-1 valve. [vd(3] both autocar and mack have stopped equipping new refuse trucks with park control valves using the exhaust pipe-away configuration. After discussions between odi and bendix concerning ways to prevent new pp-1 valves from being sold and installed with a potential for the exhaust to become restricted, bendix will take the following actions: 1) issue a letter to all original equipment (oe) customers with important safety information warning them about the safety risk of attaching plumbing to the exhaust port when the subject component is used as a park control valve; and 2) affix a warning label on all aftermarket parts warning not to install pipe-away exhaust port plumbing. In view of the recalls being conducted by volvo/mack and autocar, and the actions taken by bendix, odi has closed this preliminary evaluation. The closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by nhtsa that a safety-related defect does not exist in equipment or other model or my vehicles that have not been recalled. The agency reserves the right to take further action if warranted.
  

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