Autocar, LLC: Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner
Autocar, LLC reported this defect to federal regulators on Jul 10, 2015 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 1,042. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Autocar, LLC (Autocar) is recalling certain model year 2015-2016 Xpeditor vehicles manufactured November 18, 2014, to July 6, 2015. The affected vehicles are equipped with heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) units whose defrost mode door actuators may overheat.
The risk
Overheating of the defrost actuator increases the risk of a fire.
The remedy
Autocar will notify owners, and dealers will install an additional harness with four, one amp fuses to the circuit, free of charge. The recall began on September 3, 2015. Owners may contact Autocar customer service at 1-765-489-5499. Autocar's number for this recall is ACX-1504.
7 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Autocar Xpeditor | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Autocar Xpeditor | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Autocar Xpeditor | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Autocar Xpeditor | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Autocar Xpeditor | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Autocar Xpeditor | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 Autocar Xpeditor | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 15V443000.
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