Autocar Xpeditor, model years 2011 to 2016. Filed by Autocar, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 18 May 2015. 1,123 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Autocar, LLC (Autocar) is recalling certain model year 2011-2016 Xpeditor vehicles manufactured October 12, 2010, to May 4, 2015. The affected vehicles have a synchronization valve with Autocar part number A7660006-001 and any of the following cab configurations where the park brake button (sometimes referred to as …
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Autocar's own number for this recall: ACX-1502. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 15V289 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 15V289 cover?
- Autocar Xpeditor, model years 2011-2016.
- What is wrong with them?
- Autocar, LLC (Autocar) is recalling certain model year 2011-2016 Xpeditor vehicles manufactured October 12, 2010, to May 4, 2015.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- The park brake may engage unexpectedly at any speed, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Autocar will notify owners, and dealers will replace the synchronization valve with one that has a lower opening pressure, free of charge. The recall began on July 8, 2015. Owners may contact Autocar customer service at 1-765-489-5499. Autocar's number for this recall is ACX-1502.
- 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-1502, 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: “The park brake may engage unexpectedly at any speed, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 15V289 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Autocar, LLC |
| System at fault | Parking Brake |
| Reported to NHTSA | 18 May 2015 |
| Model years | 2011-2016 |
| Vehicles named | AUTOCAR XPEDITOR |
What the notice says today
The consequence
The park brake may engage unexpectedly at any speed, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Autocar will notify owners, and dealers will replace the synchronization valve with one that has a lower opening pressure, free of charge. The recall began on July 8, 2015. Owners may contact Autocar customer service at 1-765-489-5499. Autocar's number for this recall is ACX-1502.
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 175 notices in the record whose component field names parking brake. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 49 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 2015284, recorded 25 June 2015 (38 days after the American filing)
Matched on ACX1502, 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 15V289, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/15v289/
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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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 15V289 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
85f62d43 - Consequence
8aaccf38 - 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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