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.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Autocar Xpeditor | 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 |
Components: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autocar Xpeditor | 2009 | 0 | 5 |
| Autocar Xpeditor | 2010 | 0 | 6 |
| Autocar Xpeditor | 2011 | 1 | 7 |
| Autocar Xpeditor | 2012 | 0 | 9 |
| Autocar Xpeditor | 2013 | 0 | 13 |
| Autocar Xpeditor | 2015 | 0 | 19 |
| Autocar Xpeditor | 2016 | 0 | 22 |
Other equipment recalls in 2015
142 of the 863 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2015 concerned the equipment; Autocar, LLC filed 95 campaigns in all.
| 15V890000 31 Dec 2015 | Compass Conversions, LLC |
| 15V880000 28 Dec 2015 | Tiffin Motorhomes, Inc. |
| 15V877000 23 Dec 2015 | Entegra Coach |
| 15V875000 23 Dec 2015 | Forest River, Inc. |
| 15V872000 23 Dec 2015 | Allied Recreation Group, Inc. |
| 15V860000 22 Dec 2015 | Forest River, Inc. |
| 15V856000 21 Dec 2015 | Starcraft RV |
| 15V857000 21 Dec 2015 | McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2015