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Autocar fasteners that secure the fire extinguisher container to the cab may chafe against the body of the fire extinguisher mounted under the seat.

NHTSA campaign 09V-107 · Reported January 4, 2009 · thousands of vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Autocar
VEHICLES AFFECTED
thousands of
REMEDY
DEALERS WILL INSPECT, REPAIR AND REPLACE THE NECESSARY COMPONENTS FREE OF CHARGE.
COST
Free

The short version

AUTOCAR, LLC reported a problem with the equipment. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

AUTOCAR IS RECALLING 129 MY 2008-2009 ACX HEAVY DUTY CLASS 8 VEHICLES. THE FASTENERS THAT SECURE THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER CONTAINER TO THE CAB MAY CHAFE AGAINST THE BODY OF THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER MOUNTED UNDER THE SEAT.

WHY IT MATTERS

THE DISCHARGE OF THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER MAY AFFECT THE DRIVER'S ABILITY TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

WHAT TO DO

DEALERS WILL INSPECT, REPAIR AND REPLACE THE NECESSARY COMPONENTS FREE OF CHARGE.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 09V-107.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
—See NHTSA record 09V-107

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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