Autocar Industries, LLC: Steering › Linkages
Autocar Industries, LLC reported this defect to federal regulators on Oct 7, 2016 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 1,132. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Autocar Industries, LLC (Autocar) is recalling certain model year 2015-2017 Xspotter and Xpert vehicles manufactured March 2, 2015, to September 22, 2016. The castle nuts on the steering linkage assembly may not have been tightened properly.
The risk
If the castle nuts were not properly tightened, the cotter pin could shear and the steering linkage assembly components could separate, resulting in the loss of steering and increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Autocar will notify owners, and authorized Autocar service repair facilities will repair the vehicles, free of charge. The recall began on November 18, 2016. Owners may contact Autocar customer service at 1-888-218-3611. Autocar's number for this recall is MDTT-1602.
6 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Autocar Xpert | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 Autocar Xspotter | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 Autocar Xpert | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 Autocar Xspotter | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Autocar Xpert | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Autocar Xspotter | 0 | 7 | 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 16V723000.
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