Astrostart Xpresstart Technical Tips, Automate Xpresstart Technical Tips, Autostart Remote Start, Avital Xpresstart Technical Tips, Clifford Xpresstart Technical Tips, Command Start Remote Start, model year 9999. Filed by Directed, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 15 July 2014. 8,060 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Directed, LLC (Directed) is recalling certain remote start systems and interface modules. The affected devices may experience a condition that may shut down the vehicle if the on/off button on a remote start, or phone system application is depressed while the engine is on and the vehicle brake is subsequently applied.
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.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 14E045 cover?
- Astrostart Xpresstart Technical Tips, Automate Xpresstart Technical Tips, Autostart Remote Start, Avital Xpresstart Technical Tips, Clifford Xpresstart Technical Tips, Command Start Remote Start, Nordic Start Remote Start, Orbit Remote Start.
- What is wrong with them?
- Directed, LLC (Directed) is recalling certain remote start systems and interface modules.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- An engine shut down while a vehicle is in motion increases the risk of a crash due to, among other things, a sudden loss of motive power and loss of power steering and braking capability.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Directed will notify owners, and dealers will reflash the vehicle software, free of charge. The recall began on July 24, 2014. Owners may contact Directed at 1-888-770-7122.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
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: “An engine shut down while a vehicle is in motion increases the risk of a crash due to, among other things, a sudden loss of motive power and loss of power steering and braking capability. In addition, safety systems such as air bags are dea…”
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| Campaign | 14E045 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Directed, LLC |
| System at fault | Electrical System:Software |
| Reported to NHTSA | 15 July 2014 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | ASTROSTART XPRESSTART TECHNICAL TIPS, AUTOMATE XPRESSTART TECHNICAL TIPS, AUTOSTART REMOTE START, AVITAL XPRESSTART TECHNICAL TIPS, CLIFFORD XPRESSTART TECHNICAL TIPS, COMMAND START REMOTE START, NORDIC START REMOTE START, ORBIT REMOTE START, POLAR START REMOTE START, PREMIER DEFENSE REMOTE START, PROSTART REMOTE START, PYTHON XPRESSTART TECHNICAL TIPS, VIPER XPRESSTART TECHNICAL TIPS, XPRESSKIT INTERFACE MODULE |
What the notice says today
The consequence
An engine shut down while a vehicle is in motion increases the risk of a crash due to, among other things, a sudden loss of motive power and loss of power steering and braking capability. In addition, safety systems such as air bags are deactivated, increasing the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
The remedy
Directed will notify owners, and dealers will reflash the vehicle software, free of charge. The recall began on July 24, 2014. Owners may contact Directed at 1-888-770-7122.
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 1,836 notices in the record whose component field names electrical system. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 41 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
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CarsMultiverse, recall 14E045, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/14e045/
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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