NHTSA campaign 12V472000 · Autocar campaign A-1204
Autocar Recall 12V-472: Rollaway Alarm May Not Sound
NHTSA recall 12V472000 (Autocar campaign A-1204) was reported by AUTOCAR, LLC on September 27, 2012, with 542 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Autocar Xpeditor for model years 2010–2013. Owners were notified on December 6, 2012, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 12V472000 (also written 12V-472 or 12V472)
- Filed by
- AUTOCAR, LLC
- Autocar campaign number
- A-1204
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 542 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Equipment
- Owners notified
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 12V472000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.
Autocar
Autocar Xpeditor
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 12V472000.
Defect description
Autocar, LLC (Autocar) is recalling certain model year 2010-2013 Xpeditor heavy-duty class 8 vehicles, manufactured from September 10, 2010, through September 10, 2012, equipped with a vehicle rearward rollaway alarm. The motion sensor for the alarm may not have been installed correctly and the alarm may fail to sound when the vehicle is out of gear and in a rearward rollaway situation.
Safety consequence
Without an audible warning that the vehicle is in a rearward rollaway situation, there is an increased risk that the vehicle may hit a pedestrian or another vehicle.
Manufacturer remedy
Autocar will notify owners, and dealers will repair the affected vehicles, free of charge. The safety began on December 6, 2012. Owners may contact Autocar, LLC, at 1-765-489-5499.
Notes
Autocar's recall number is A-1204.Customers may contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153); or go to www.safercar.gov.
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 12V472000
Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.