Recall · 20V257000
Autocar recalled the AUTOCAR Xpeditor over traction control system
80
Vehicles covered
1
Model
6
Model years
May 7, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM
- The defect
- 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.
- What it can cause
- An ATC ECU malfunction may increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- 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.
- NHTSA's note
- 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.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| AutocarXpeditor | 2015 to 2020 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 80 vehicles this is a small campaign: 72% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2015 to 2020, so the oldest vehicles on it were 5 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 21 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V449000 (service brakes, air), 23V699000 (parking brake), 23V400000 (electrical system), 23V193000 (electrical system).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Autocar, LLC with NHTSA on May 7, 2020 as campaign 20V257000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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