PARKING BRAKE
The unexpected release of the parking brake may allow the vehicle to rollaway, increasing the risk of a crash.
5 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation.
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
The unexpected release of the parking brake may allow the vehicle to rollaway, increasing the risk of a crash.
Unexpected movement when parked can increase the risk of crash.
Overheating of the defrost actuator increases the risk of a fire.
If the engine oil comes into contact with a hot surface, it can increase the risk of a vehicle fire.
In the event of a crash, if the seat belt retractor malfunctions, the passenger may not be properly restrained, increasing the risk of personal injury or death.
Two 2009 AUTOCAR XPEDITORs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.