Autocar Acx65, Autocar Wx64, Autocar Wxll42, Autocar Wxll64, Autocar Wxr64, model years 2003 to 2010. Filed by Mcneilus Truck & Manufacturing and reported to NHTSA on 28 June 2010. 3,113 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Mcneilus is recalling certain trucks built on autocar chassis. during the refuse body mounting process, chassis air tanks may be relocated to facilitate mounting of the body. airlines to the air holdback valve may have been reconnected incorrectly after a tank(s) was relocated.
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.
Mcneilus's own number for this recall: 41-0967369. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 10V305 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 10V305 cover?
- Autocar Acx65, Autocar WX64, Autocar WXLL42, Autocar WXLL64, Autocar WXR64, model years 2003-2010.
- What is wrong with them?
- MCNEILUS IS RECALLING CERTAIN TRUCKS BUILT ON AUTOCAR CHASSIS. DURING THE REFUSE BODY MOUNTING PROCESS, CHASSIS AIR TANKS MAY BE RELOCATED TO FACILITATE MOUNTING OF THE BODY. AIRLINES TO THE AIR HOLDBACK VALVE MAY HAVE BEEN RECONNECTED INCORRECTLY AFTER A TANK(S) WAS RELOCATED.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A RELOCATED TANK COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF INJURY.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. OWNERS WILL INSPECT VEHICLES AND PERFORM REPAIRS FREE OR CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 15, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT MCNEILUS AT 507-374-6321.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Mcneilus calls this recall 41-0967369, 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: “A RELOCATED TANK COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF INJURY.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 10V305 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | MCNEILUS TRUCK & MANUFACTURING |
| System at fault | Fuel System, Other:Storage:Tank Assembly |
| Reported to NHTSA | 28 June 2010 |
| Model years | 2003-2010 |
| Vehicles named | AUTOCAR ACX65, AUTOCAR WX64, AUTOCAR WXLL42, AUTOCAR WXLL64, AUTOCAR WXR64 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A RELOCATED TANK COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF INJURY.
The remedy
OWNERS WILL INSPECT VEHICLES AND PERFORM REPAIRS FREE OR CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 15, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT MCNEILUS AT 507-374-6321.
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 145 notices in the record whose component field names fuel system, other. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 35 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 10V305, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/10v305/
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.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
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We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 10V305 on 17 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
bb48778c - Consequence
9747b0f5 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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