NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Audit Query AQ21-001: Failure to report under 49 CFR Part 579
- Open
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Audit Query AQ21-001 on February 23, 2021; NHTSA's investigations file listed it as open on October 23, 2026. NHTSA's investigations file lists the Uppababy (model not given) for it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- AQ21-001 (also written AQ21001)
- Investigation type
- Audit Query An administrative investigation into compliance with federal vehicle safety requirements, such as reporting Early Warning data on time or carrying out a recall.
- Status
- Open since February 23, 2021
- Opened
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- UPPAbaby
- Component
- Child Seat
- Vehicles and equipment
- Uppababy (model not given)
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Audit Query AQ21-001.
NHTSA is opening this AQ to better understand and evaluate UPPAbaby’s process for required reporting under 49 C.F.R. Part 579.
NHTSA received a report from the public in April 2020, regarding the 2020 UPPAbaby KNOX child restraint. NHTSA discussed this issue with UPPAbaby and the manufacturer claimed that it did not have any information to report about the KNOX child restraint system under any part of 49 C.F.R. Part 579. On October 30, 2020, UPPAbaby submitted documentation to NHTSA regarding complaints it received about the performance of the KNOX child restraint. Upon review of the complaints, UPPAbaby may have failed to report injuries, foreign recalls, consumer complaints, and manufacturer communications under 49 U.S.C. § 30166 and49 C.F.R. Part 579. To date, UPPAbaby either failed to report and/or untimely reported death or injury incidents, consumer complaints, manufacturer communications, and foreign recalls reports under 49 C.F.R. Part 579. This AQ is opened to seek information from UPPAbaby relating to its compliance with 49 C.F.R. Part 579.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Audit Query AQ21-001. A listed model year means only that an investigation names it; it says nothing about any particular vehicle. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to that page's NHTSA investigations section.
Uppababy
Uppababy (model not given)
- model year not given
What an NHTSA investigation is
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) looks into possible safety defects in vehicles and equipment, often after owner complaints. An investigation usually starts as a Preliminary Evaluation, or as a Recall Query when it concerns whether an existing recall covers the right vehicles or fixes the problem, and ODI can upgrade it to a more detailed Engineering Analysis. A Defect Petition asks NHTSA to open an investigation, and Audit and Equipment Queries are administrative investigations into whether companies complied with federal vehicle safety requirements, such as reporting, recall and certification rules.
An open investigation is not a finding that a safety defect exists, and NHTSA can close one without a recall.
To see whether a specific vehicle has an open recall, enter its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
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Sources
NHTSA's investigation record for AQ21-001
Investigation details come from NHTSA's investigations file, which try.vin imports once a day. The investigation types are described from the U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's May 2023 report on NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation, NHTSA's petition rules (49 CFR Parts 552 and 557) and NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation procedures. How try.vin reads NHTSA investigations.