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Autocar recall 10V045 (A-1001): Model Year 2007-2009 WX and WXR Heavy Duty Class 8 Lcoe

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Autocar Wx, Autocar Wxr, model years 2007 to 2009. Filed by Autocar, Llc and reported to NHTSA on 18 February 2010. 1,969 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says Autocar is recalling certain model year 2007-2009 wx and wxr heavy duty class 8 lcoe vehicles. the affected vehicles may develop cracks in the top flange of the front frame rail extension. over time, the crack may propagate across the extension bracket, potentially causing the extension bracket to deform under load. …

Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.

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Autocar's own number for this recall: A-1001. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 10V045 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.

What owners ask about this recall

Which vehicles does recall 10V045 cover?
Autocar WX, Autocar WXR, model years 2007-2009.
What is wrong with them?
AUTOCAR IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2007-2009 WX AND WXR HEAVY DUTY CLASS 8 LCOE VEHICLES. THE AFFECTED VEHICLES MAY DEVELOP CRACKS IN THE TOP FLANGE OF THE FRONT FRAME RAIL EXTENSION.
What can happen if it is not put right?
THIS MAY COMPROMISE THE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
Is there a fix yet?
Yes, and it is free. AUTOCAR WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPAIR THE VEHICLES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 19, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT AUTOCAR AT 1-765-489-5499.
What should I do now?
Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Autocar calls this recall A-1001, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.

Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.

What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “THIS MAY COMPROMISE THE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.”

1,969vehicles potentially
affected
2models named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 18 February 2010owners told 19 March 2010today
The defect reached the regulator on 18 February 2010. Owners were written to 29 days later, on 19 March 2010. The median across the 14,869 American recalls that carry both dates is 41 days, and nine in ten owners are written to within 107. This campaign was quicker than most.
Campaign10V045
Filed byAUTOCAR, LLC
System at faultStructure:Frame And Members:Underbody Shields
Reported to NHTSA18 February 2010
Model years2007-2009
Vehicles namedAUTOCAR WX, AUTOCAR WXR

What the notice says today

The consequence

THIS MAY COMPROMISE THE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

The remedy

AUTOCAR WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPAIR THE VEHICLES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 19, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT AUTOCAR AT 1-765-489-5499.

What it said before

This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.

This is one of 901 notices in the record whose component field names structure. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 days.

Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.

The models named here, across their whole recall history

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CarsMultiverse, recall 10V045, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/10v045/

The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.

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