After a preliminary review of consumer complaints and other information related to alleged defects, NHTSA obtains information from the manufacturer(including data on complaints, crashes, injuries, warranty claims, modifications, and part sales) and determines whether further analysis is warranted. If warranted, the investigator will conduct a more detailed and complete analysis of the character and scope of the alleged defect.
NHTSA Action Number: PE05002
Date Opened: 2005-01-13
Date Closed: 2005-02-02
Manufacturer’s Name: Honda
(American Honda Motor Co.)
Component Description: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Recall Campaign: 05V025
Summary Description: IGNITION-PARK INTERLOCK
Summary
THE ABOVE FAILURE REPORT COUNTS ARE FOR MODEL YEAR (MY) 1999 - 2001 HONDA ACCORD MODELS THAT WERE NOT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF A RELATED HONDA RECALL ACTION (NHTSA 03V423); THESE VEHICLES WERE INVESTIGATED BY ODI UNDER DEFECT PETITION (DP) 04-006.COMPLAINT INFORMATION FOR OTHER MODELS AND MODEL YEARS WAS NOT OBTAINED BY ODI.THE NOTED POPULATION INDICATES THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES (INCLUDING THE MY 2002 ACCORD PLUS THE PRELUDE AND TL MODELS) THAT ARE WITHIN THE SCOPE OF HONDA?S NEW RECALL (NHTSA 05V-025, HONDA P68, P69); 402,525 OF THESE WERE INVESTIGATED IN DP04-006.SEEPART 573 DOCUMENTS RELATED TO 05V-025 FOR FURTHER DETAIL ON OTHER MODELS AND MYS.ODI NOTES THAT, ACCORDING TO HONDA?S ANALYSIS, INTERLOCK SYSTEM WARRANTY RATES FOR THE TL AND PRELUDE MODELS INVOLVED IN 05V-025 ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE ACCORD MODELS.INFORMATION PROVIDED BY HONDA DURING DP04-006 INDICATES THAT CERTAIN VEHICLES CONTAINING INTERLOCK SYSTEMS MADE BY ITS JAPANESE LOCK MANUFACTURING FACILITY MAY CONTAIN DEFECTIVE INTERNAL COMPONENTS.IN COMBINATION WITH CERTAIN WEAR AND USAGE FACTORS, THIS MAY LEAD TO A CONDITION THAT PREVENTS THE SYSTEM FROM BLOCKING REMOVAL OF THE IGNITION KEY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS NOT IN PARK.IF THE DRIVER LEAVES THE TRANSMISSION IN A NON-PARK POSITION AND FAILS TO SET THE HAND BRAKE WHEN PARKING, THE VEHICLE MAY ROLL AWAY AND CRASH.INTERLOCK SYSTEMS MANUFACTURED BY HONDA?S U.S. LOCK MANUFACTURER DO NOT APPEAR TO CONTAIN THIS DEFECT AND ARE THEREFORE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ACTION. IN A LETTER DATED JANUARY 27, 2005, HONDA ADVISED THAT IT WILL CONDUCT A SAFETY RECALL TO EITHER UPGRADE (FOR OPERATIVE SYSTEMS) OR REPAIR (FOR INOPERATIVE SYSTEMS) SUBJECT INTERLOCK SYSTEMS WITH NEW DESIGN LEVEL COMPONENTS THAT DO NOT CONTAIN THE DEFECT.
NHTSA Action Number: PE05003
Date Opened: 2005-01-13
Date Closed: 2005-08-02
Manufacturer’s Name: EHA VENTILFABRIK
Component Description: TIRES
Summary Description: TIRE VALVE FAILURE
Summary
ODI OPENED PE05-003 BASED ON A LETTER IT RECEIVED REFERENCING MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF ALLEGED TIRE VALVE (VALVE) FAILURE ON POLICE VEHICLES DUE TO POTENTIALLY DEFECTIVE VALVE STEMS MANUFACTURED BY EHA VENTILFABRIK (EHA), A GERMAN VALVE MANUFACTURER.ODI IDENTIFIED MYERS TIRE SUPPLY (MTSD) AS THE U.S. DISTRIBUTOR OF THE VALVES INVOLVED IN THESE INCIDENTS.CONSEQUENTLY, THE MANUFACTURER FAILURE DATA, SHOWN ABOVE, REPRESENTS THE APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF TR-413, TR-414, AND TR-418 VALVE (SUBJECT COMPONENT) FAILURES ON VALVES SUPPLIED BY MTSD.NOTE: THE POPULATION REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF VALVES IN THE SUBJECT LOT DEFINED BELOW. ALTHOUGH MTSD IS THE PRIMARY SUPPLIER OF EHA TIRE VALVES, DURING PE05-003, ODI BECAME AWARE OF 3 SECONDARY EHA TIRE VALVE DISTRIBUTORS (MOHAWK RUBBER SALES, REMA TIP TOP, AND WESTESCO).ODI RECEIVED 3 REPORTS OF ALLEGED VALVE FAILURE ON VALVES SUPPLIED BY 1 OF THE SECONDARY DISTRIBUTORS.ODI ALSO RECEIVED REPORTS OF 37 VALVE FAILURES AND 5 MINOR CRASHES FROM THE PRIMARY WESTESCO DEALER.MOST OF THE CRASHES INVOLVED INCIDENTS WHERE THE DRIVERS REPORTED HITTING A CURB OR STATIONARY OBJECT, WHICH CAUSED FENDER OR TIRE RIM DAMAGE.ODI RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 3 VALVE COMPLAINTS FROM THE OTHER 2 SUPPLIERS.ODI DID NOT RECEIVE ANY REPORTS OF INJURIES.DURING PE05-003, ODI DETERMINED THAT SOME OF THE SUBJECT COMPONENTS MAY HAVE MATERIAL DIFFERENCES; HOWEVER, DUE TO THE FOLLOWING REASONS, ODI HAS DECIDED THAT FURTHER EXPENDITURE OF AGENCY RESOURCES ON THIS INVESTIGATION IS NOT WARRANTED AT THIS TIME:- MTSD TESTING AND SUBJECT COMPONENT SAMPLING SUGGESTED THAT THE LEAKING VALVES CAME FROM A SUSPECT LOT PRODUCED BETWEEN 12/1/03 AND 3/31/04.BY MID-NOVEMBER 2004, MTSD REMOVED ALMOST ALL OF THE SUSPECT LOT VALVES REMAINING IN ITS AND ITS CUSTOMER?S INVENTORY. -THE RETURN PATTERNS OF THE VALVES INDICATED THAT IF THE VALVE WAS A POTENTIAL LEAKER, THE LEAK WOULD OCCUR WITHIN A SHORT TIME AFTER INSTALLATION.ANY VALVES INSTALLED FROM THE SUSPECT LOT HAVE CURRENTLY BEEN ON VEHICLES AT LEAST 15 TO 19 MONTHS.-MOST OF THE VALVE FAILURES OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF A PARTIAL CRACK IN THE VALVE RESULTING IN A SLOW AIR LEAK.ODI DID NOT HAVE ANY SUBSTANTIATED REPORTS OF RAPID AIR LOSS FROM VALVES DISTRIBUTED BY MTSD.IT DID HAVE SOME COMPLAINTS OF RAPID AIR LOSS FROM ONE OF THE SECONDARY SUPPLIERS; HOWEVER, IT IS NOT KNOWN WHETHER THESE INCIDENTS OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF A RAPID AIR LOSS OR THE DRIVER RIDING ON TIRES WITH LOW AIR PRESSURE.- DUE TO THE LACK OF TRACEABILITY ON THE VALVE STEMS, ODI WAS NOT ABLE TO VALIDATE WHETHER OR NOT THE VALVE FAILURES REPORTED BY THE SECONDARY VALVE DISTRIBUTORS CAME FROM THE SUBJECT LOT IDENTIFIED BY MTSD. ACCORDINGLY, THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.THE CLOSING OF THIS INVESTIGATION DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A FINDING BY NHTSA THAT A SAFETY-RELATED DEFECT DOES NOT EXIST.THE AGENCY WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR COMPLAINTS AND OTHER INFORMATION RELATING TO THE ALLEGED DEFECT IN THE SUBJECT VEHICLES AND TAKE FURTHER ACTION IN THE FUTURE IF WARRANTED.
Read More...NHTSA Action Number: RQ05001
Date Opened: 2005-01-13
Date Closed: 2005-07-14
Manufacturer’s Name: COUNTRY COACH INC
Component Description: TIRES
Recall Campaign: 05V398
Summary Description: COUNTRY COACH CAMPAIGN 01V-170
Summary
ODI IS UPGRADING THIS RECALL QUERY (RQ) AND OPENING AN ENGINEERING ANALYSIS (EA05-011).COUNTRY COACH HAS IDENTIFIED 21 INCIDENTS OF FRONT TIRE FAILURES (16 DRIVER'S SIDE AND 5 PASSENGER SIDE) THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN MODEL YEAR 1995-2000 COUNTRY COACH INTRIGUE AND ALLURE VEHICLES AFTER THESE VEHICLES HAD BEEN MODIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ONE OR MORE SERVICE PROGRAMS / SAFETY CAMPAIGNS (99V-288, SB00-01, 01V-170, AND/OR 02V-229) THAT WERE INTENDED TO CORRECT INADEQUATE FRONT TIRE LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY IN THE SUBJECT VEHICLES BY REPLACING FRONT TIRES, CHANGING THE RECOMMENDED FRONT TIRE PRESSURES, AND/OR REDUCING OR REDISTRIBUTING THE FRONT AXLE LOADS.ON MAY 6, 2005, ODI RECEIVED ONE ADDITIONAL OWNER COMPLAINT (VOQ 10124716) ALLEGING THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE INSTALLEDIN A 1997 INTRIGUE VEHICLE HAD FAILED ON APRIL 12, 2005.THIS VEHICLE'S FRONT TIRES HAD BEEN REPLACED IN MAY 2001 INRESPONSE TO COUNTRY COACH CAMPAIGN 01V-089.ODI INTENDS TO CONDUCT FURTHER INVESTIGATION TO EVALUATE WHETHER THE CAMPAIGNS (LISTED ABOVE), WHICH WERE INTENDED TO CORRECT TIRE FAILURES, ARE ADEQUATE AND/OR EFFECTIVE.
Read More...NHTSA Action Number: PE05001
Date Opened: 2005-01-06
Date Closed: 2005-05-16
Manufacturer’s Name: Britax Child Safety, Inc.
Component Description: CHILD SEAT
Recall Campaign: 05C004
Summary Description: HARNESS ADJUSTER MALFUNCTION
Summary
THE OFFICE OF DEFECTS INVESTIGATION (ODI) OPENED THIS INVESTIGATION ON JANUARY 6, 2005, BASED ON COMPLAINTS GATHERED UNDER INVESTIGATION RQ04-008.COMPLAINANTS ALLEGED LOOSENING OF THE RESTRAINT HARNESS ON BRITAX SUPER ELITE CHILD SEATS.ODI DISCOVERED THAT THE SEATS REVIEWED UNDER THE RQ WERE FOUND TO HAVE MALFUNCTIONING ADJUSTER MECHANISMS. THE ADJUSTERS WOULD NOT LOCK INTO POSITION AND HOLD THE CHILD RESTRAINT HARNESS ADJUSTMENT SETTING.BRITAX REPORTED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE ADJUSTER MALFUNCTION WAS JAMMING OF THE ADJUSTER STRAP BETWEEN THE ADJUSTER HOUSING AND THE ADJUSTER CAM.THIS WOULD CAUSE THE ADJUSTER CAM SPRING TO POP OUT OF POSITION.THIS CONDITION WILL LEAD TO AN ADJUSTER CAM THAT WILL STICK IN THE OPEN POSITION AND NOT LOCK THE ADJUSTER STRAP. TO CORRECT THIS CONDITION, BRITAX WILL CONDUCT A SAFETY RECALL (NHTSA RECALL 05C004) AND PROVIDE TO OWNERS AN ADJUSTER STRAP GUIDE THAT WILL REDUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR MOVEMENT OF THE ADJUSTER STRAP INTO THE AREA BETWEEN THE ADJUSTER CAM AND HOUSING.THE ANTICIPATED RELEASE DATE OF THE GUIDE IS JULY 20, 2005.THE RECALL POPULATION IS 11,439 SUPER ELITE CHILD SEATS (MODEL NUMBER E9031) BUILT FROM APRIL 2001 THROUGH AUGUST 2002.
NHTSA Action Number: EA05001
Date Opened: 2005-01-05
Date Closed: 2005-12-06
Manufacturer’s Name: Haulmark Industries, Inc.
Component Description: WHEELS
Summary Description: WHEEL SEPARATIONS
Summary
DURING PE04-059, ODI IDENTIFIED AN APPARENT PROBLEM WITH WHEEL SEPARATIONS OCCURRING IN RECREATIONAL VEHICLES(EA04-009 AND EA04-019).IN AUGUST 2004, ODI EXTENDED THE INVESTIGATION ACTIVITY TO INCLUDE CARGO TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH SIMILAR WHEEL END COMPONENTS AS THERECREATIONAL TRAILERS THAT HAD EXPERIENCED WHEEL SEPARATIONS. (SEE EA04-032, KEYSTONE AND EA04-033 PACE AMERICAN).AS PART OF THIS INVESTIGATION, ODI, ON JANUARY 21, 2005, INITIATED A MONITORING PROGRAM AT HAULMARK REQUIRING THEM TO NOTIFY ODI OF ALL NEWLY REPORTED WHEEL SEPARATIONS.DURING THIS ELEVEN MONTH MONITORING PERIOD (THROUGH DECEMBER 2005), HAULMARK STATES THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NO NEW REPORTS OF WHEEL SEPARATIONS FROM HAULMARK VEHICLES SINCE MONITORING BEGAN IN JANUARY 2005.ACCORDINGLY, ODI IS CLOSING THIS ENGINEERING ANALYSIS. THE CLOSING OF THIS INVESTIGATION DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A FINDING BY NHTSA THAT NO SAFETY-RELATED DEFECT EXISTS.THE AGENCY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO TAKE FURTHER ACTION IF WARRANTED BY THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
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