Recall · 20V545000
Autocar recalled the AUTOCAR Xpeditor over electrical system
170
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
September 8, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
- The defect
- Autocar, LLC (Autocar) is recalling certain 2019 Xpeditor vehicles equipped with factory installed methane detection systems. The circuit protection of the detection system may be inadequate, and its wiring harness may overheat.
- What it can cause
- An overheated wiring harness increases the risk of a fire.
- What the dealer does
- Autocar will notify owners, and dealers will replace the ten amp fuse for the methane detector with a three amp fuse, free of charge. The recall began November 6, 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-2006.
- 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 | 2019 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 170 vehicles this is a small campaign: 63% 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 one model year, 2019, so the oldest vehicles on it were one model year old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Autocar vehicles have been recalled over the electrical system 7 times before this, most recently in January 2020 as 20V013000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 16 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V449000 (service brakes, air), 23V699000 (parking brake), 23V400000 (electrical system), 23V023000 (parking brake).
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 September 8, 2020 as campaign 20V545000. 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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