# NHTSA recall 20V450000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 20V450000
- Manufacturer's number: ACX\-2004
- Manufacturer: Autocar, LLC
- Reported: 2020\-07\-31
- Owners notified: 2020\-09\-28
- Component: PARKING BRAKE
- Units potentially affected: 1086

## What is wrong

Autocar, LLC \(Autocar\) is recalling certain 2018\-2021 Xpeditor trucks with a right\-hand drive cab configuration equipped with a park brake valve \(button\) located to the right of the steering wheel.  The parking brake synchronization valve plumbing may be improperly assembled, causing the parking brake to apply unexpectedly without warning.


## What can happen

Unexpected parking brake application can increase the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Autocar will notify owners, and dealers will correct the plumbing to allow the system to operate as designed.  The recall began September 28, 2020.  Owners may contact Autocar customer service at 1\-888\-218\-3611 or 1\-877\-973\-3488.  Autocar's number for this recall is ACX\-2004.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Annual report 3, for 2024 quarter 3 to 2025 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2025\-07\-29
- Vehicles in the campaign: 1086
- Reported remedied: 830 \(76%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 quarter 2, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2018 AUTOCAR XPEDITOR](/makes/autocar/xpeditor/2018/recalls.md)
- [2019 AUTOCAR XPEDITOR](/makes/autocar/xpeditor/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 AUTOCAR XPEDITOR](/makes/autocar/xpeditor/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 AUTOCAR XPEDITOR](/makes/autocar/xpeditor/2021/recalls.md)

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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