Autocar Xpeditor, model years 2008 to 2012. Filed by Autocar, Llc and reported to NHTSA on 13 August 2012. 699 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Autocar is recalling certain model year 2008-2012 Xpeditor heavy-duty class 8 vehicles, manufactured from December 17, 2007, through July 10, 2012 and equipped with a right-hand (passenger-side) Bostrom air-ride seat. The seatbelt and tether intermediate connection point (ICP) located on the seat bracket may interfere …
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Autocar's own number for this recall: A-1202. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 12V394 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 12V394 cover?
- Autocar Xpeditor, model years 2008-2012.
- What is wrong with them?
- Autocar is recalling certain model year 2008-2012 Xpeditor heavy-duty class 8 vehicles, manufactured from December 17, 2007, through July 10, 2012 and equipped with a right-hand (passenger-side) Bostrom air-ride seat.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- In the event of a crash, if the seat belt retractor malfunctions, the passenger may not be properly restrained, increasing the risk of personal injury or death.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Autocar will notify owners and provide instructions for scheduling the vehicle repair, free of charge. The recall began on November 13, 2012. Owners may contact Autocar Service Department at 1-888-218-3611.
- 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-1202, 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: “In the event of a crash, if the seat belt retractor malfunctions, the passenger may not be properly restrained, increasing the risk of personal injury or death.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 12V394 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | AUTOCAR, LLC |
| System at fault | Seat Belts:Front:Retractor |
| Reported to NHTSA | 13 August 2012 |
| Model years | 2008-2012 |
| Vehicles named | AUTOCAR XPEDITOR |
What the notice says today
The consequence
In the event of a crash, if the seat belt retractor malfunctions, the passenger may not be properly restrained, increasing the risk of personal injury or death.
The remedy
Autocar will notify owners and provide instructions for scheduling the vehicle repair, free of charge. The recall began on November 13, 2012. Owners may contact Autocar Service Department at 1-888-218-3611.
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 451 notices in the record whose component field names seat belts. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 48 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 12V394, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/12v394/
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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Other Autocar notices we hold
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- 26V215: 2025-2026 ACX (Xpeditor)
- 26V055: 2023-2026 ACX (Xpeditor)
- 25V875: one 2024 E-ACTT terminal tractor
- 25V746: 2025-2026 ACX (Xpeditor)
- 25V679: 2024-2026 ACX (Xpeditor) and DC (Legend)
- 25V660: 2023-2026 ACX (Xpeditor) and DC (Legend)
- 25V451: 2012-2025 ACTT (Xspotter)
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The fingerprint of this notice
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 12V394 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
b4e1db63 - Consequence
a5486128 - 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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