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2011 Autocar Xpeditor Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Aug 22, 2012
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Aug 22, 2012

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2011 Autocar Xpeditor. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

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Driver assistance
Filed Aug 22, 2012

I AM EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER AS A JOURNEYMAN EQUIPMENT MECHANIC. ASE CERRTIFIED, GM SENIOR MASTER TECH AND FORD SENIOR MASTER TECH. THE DEPTARTMENT RECENTLY PURCHASED A LARGE NUMBER OF AUTOCAR MEDIUM DUTY TRUCKS POWERED BY CUMMINS ISL-G ENGINES. THE ENGINES ARE COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS(CNG) FUELED, SPARK IGNITION, ENGINES AND FLY BY WIRE THROTTLE CONTROL. THROTTLE RESPONSE DOES NOT MIRROR THROTTLE INPUT FROM THE OPERATOR. UPON INITIAL THROTTLE APPLICATION THERE IS A DELAYED RESPONSE OF APPROXIMATELY 1.25 SECONDS AND THE THROTTLE CONTINUES TO BE "LAZY." WHEN THE THROTTLE IS DEPRESSED COMPLETELY TO WIDE OPEN THE ENGINE RUNS UP TO GOVERNED SPEED BUT WHEN THE THROTTLE IS RELEASED THE ENGINE CONTINUES TO OPERATE AT WIDE OPEN THROTTLE FOR APPROX. 1-2 SECONDS. WE EMPLOY PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS THAT CONSIDER THIS DRIVING CHARACTERISTIC UNNERVING. FURTHERMORE NO MECHANIC ON STAFF FEELS THESE CAN BE SAFELY OPERATED. HOWEVER THE MANUFACTURERS OF THE ENGINE(CUMMINS) AND THE CHASSIS(AUTOCAR) BOTH ADMIT SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT AND THAT THEY HAVE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER CLIENTS BUT EACH CONTINUES TO BLAME THE OTHER STATING COMPONENT AND OR SOFTWARE ISSUES. I BELIEVE IT IS A THROTTLE INPUT SAMPLE RATE ISSUE BUT HAVE NO WAY TO ALTER THOSE SETTINGS. I AM ON THE COMMITTEE OVERSEEING THIS SAFETY CONCERN AND WE HAVE YET TO MAKE ANY HEAD WAY AFTER NUMEROUS EMAILS AND PHONE CONVERSATIONS TO THE MANUFACTURERS. I HAVE REVIEWED THE FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, STANDARD NUMBER 124. ACCELERATOR CONTROL SYSTEM BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO ACCURATELY COVER THIS ISSUE. I ALSO NOTICED THAT STD IS LIKELY GOING THROUGH A REVISION BUT AGAIN THOSE REVISIONS DON'T SEEM TO APPLY TO OUR ISSUE. HOPING YOUR OFFICE CAN ASSIST US IN THIS MATTER. [XXX] ## VIN FAILED ## AUTOCAR EXPEDITOR MEDIUM DUTY TRUCK 2011 ## INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ID
10471829
Incident
Feb 14, 2012
Mileage
90 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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