Autocar Xpeditor, model years 2008 to 2016. Filed by Autocar, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 13 May 2015. 5,245 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Autocar, LLC (Autocar) is recalling certain model year 2008-2016 Xpeditor vehicles manufactured July 30, 2007, to April 29, 2015. Excessive engine crankcase pressures may cause the 90-degree elbow of the vent tube assembly to detach from the crankcase ventilation breather, possibly allowing engine oil to come into …
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.
Autocar's own number for this recall: ACX-1503. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 15V280 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 15V280 cover?
- Autocar Xpeditor, model years 2008-2016.
- What is wrong with them?
- Autocar, LLC (Autocar) is recalling certain model year 2008-2016 Xpeditor vehicles manufactured July 30, 2007, to April 29, 2015.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the engine oil comes into contact with a hot surface, it can increase the risk of a vehicle fire.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Cummins will notify owners on behalf of Autocar, and Cummins service centers will administer the repairs which include securing the ends of the 90-degree elbow and reprogramming the electronic control module (ECM) with software that can adjust the engine output under misfire conditions to limit...
- 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 ACX-1503, 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: “If the engine oil comes into contact with a hot surface, it can increase the risk of a vehicle fire.”
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in the notice
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| Campaign | 15V280 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Autocar, LLC |
| System at fault | Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine |
| Reported to NHTSA | 13 May 2015 |
| Model years | 2008-2016 |
| Vehicles named | AUTOCAR XPEDITOR |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the engine oil comes into contact with a hot surface, it can increase the risk of a vehicle fire.
The remedy
Cummins will notify owners on behalf of Autocar, and Cummins service centers will administer the repairs which include securing the ends of the 90-degree elbow and reprogramming the electronic control module (ECM) with software that can adjust the engine output under misfire conditions to limit crankcase pressures. These repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began on June 16, 2015. Owners may contact Autocar customer service at 1-765-489-5499 or Cummins Inc. at 1-800-343-7357. Autocar's number for this recall is ACX-1503.
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 588 notices in the record whose component field names engine and engine cooling. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 47 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The same recall in other countries
This campaign carries a manufacturer code that also appears in another country’s register, which means the same defect was recalled there too.
- Canada: Transport Canada recall 2015254, recorded 9 June 2015 (27 days after the American filing)
Matched on ACX1503, the manufacturer’s own number for this campaign, which is the only field the registers share. Exact match, nothing paired on brand and date. The two dates are adjacent instruments rather than the same one, so a difference of a day or two means nothing.
How often the two countries file on the same day · The European alerts
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 15V280, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/15v280/
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.
Other Autocar notices we hold
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- 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)
All 118 Autocar campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
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 15V280 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
8ac2c694 - Consequence
5781470f - 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.
The wording we hold for 15V280 · how the whole register is watched
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