Autocar Fuel System, Other: Fuel Filter

Autocar is recalling about 38 vehicles over a problem with the fuel system, other. If the engine stalls unexpectedly there is an increased risk of a crash.

Campaign
15V027000
Manufacturer
Autocar, LLC
Reported
23 January 2015
Vehicles
38
Built between
May 2014 – Jul 2014
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
6 February 2015
Repaired
63%
Unrepaired
10

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between May 2014 and July 2014. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2015 Autocar XpeditorBuilt May 2014 to July 2014

Repair progress

10 of 38 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q4 2015.

63% repaired — 24 of 38 reported

Scrapped or exported
4

Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.

What the defect is

Autocar, LLC (Autocar) is recalling certain model year 2015 Xpeditor trucks manufactured May 22, 2014, to July 17, 2014. The Cummins ISB or ISL engines in these vehicles may have been equipped with Fleetguard UFF-XT fuel filters, part number FF63009, whose filter shell may separate from the fuel filter nut plate causing the engine to stall without warning.

What could happen

If the engine stalls unexpectedly there is an increased risk of a crash.

What gets fixed

Cummins will notify owners for Autocar, and dealers will replace the fuel filter with a non-defective one, free of charge. The recall began September 29, 2014.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtMay 2014 to July 2014
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA23 January 2015
  3. Owners notified6 February 2015
  4. Latest repair reportQ4 2015 — 63% repaired

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 23 January 2015.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners may contact Autocar customer service at 1-765-489-5499, or Cummins customer service at 1-800-343-7357. Autocar's number for this recall is A-1410.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
A-1410
Recalling manufacturer
Autocar, LLC
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

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.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

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