NHTSA campaign 13V138000 · Autocar campaign A-1301
Autocar Recall 13V-138: Air Brake Leakage may cause Brake Drag
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 13V138000 (Autocar campaign A-1301) was reported by AUTOCAR, LLC on April 11, 2013, with 532 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Autocar ACX for model years 2011–2013. Owners were notified on June 10, 2013, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 13V138000 (also written 13V-138 or 13V138)
- Filed by
- AUTOCAR, LLC
- Autocar campaign number
- A-1301
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 532 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Parking Brake — Conventional — Air
- Owners notified
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 13V138000. 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.
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As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 13V138000.
Defect description
Autocar, LLC is recalling certain model year 2011-2013 ACX vehicles manufactured January 24, 2011, through December 4, 2012. These vehicles are equipped with Meritor axle assemblies that were built with disc brakes using MGM J24 series air brake chambers. In the affected axles, the brake chambers may leak pressure allowing the parking brake to drag when it is supposed to be released. Brake dragging could lead to overheated brake components.
Safety consequence
Overheated brake components could result in a fire.
Manufacturer remedy
Autocar will notify owners and will replace the actuators as needed, free of charge. The safety recall began on June 10, 2013. Owners may contact Autocar at 1-765-489-5499. Autocar's campaign recall number is A-1301.
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.
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 13V138000
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.