Autocar WXR42 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 1 safety recall and 0 owner complaints across 1 model year of the Autocar WXR42 (2003).

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• 2003

All Autocar WXR42 recalls (1)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Autocar WXR42, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

1. Shaft pitman (steering)

   NHTSA 03V453000 Reported November 14, 2003 115 vehicles potentially affected AUTOCAR, LLC

   On certain class 8 trucks, the castle nut holding the pitman arm to the steering drag link can vibrate loose due to a missing cotter pin.

   Remedy: Autocar has telephoned all customers and all vehicles have been repaired.

   Model years: 2003

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• Xpeditor5 complaints
• Autocar2 complaints
• Acx1 complaints
• Wx1 complaints
• Wxll1 complaints
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• 103660 complaints
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Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.