NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Engineering Analysis EA11-007: Wheel Separations (Broken Studs)
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Engineering Analysis EA11-007 on May 27, 2011 and closed it on July 16, 2012. NHTSA's investigations file lists 7 models from 3 makes for it and links recall 12V-028 to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- EA11-007 (also written EA11007)
- Investigation type
- Engineering Analysis A more detailed stage of a defect investigation, opened when NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation decides an issue merits further review, often after a Preliminary Evaluation or a Recall Query; it can include vehicle testing, surveys and further information requests.
- Status
- Closed July 16, 2012
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturers
- DRV Suites; Doubletree RV
- Component
- Wheels — Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs
- Recall linked by NHTSA
- 12V-028: ALUMINUM WHEEL/RIM, reported
- Vehicles and equipment
- 7 models from 3 makes, including the DRV Elite Suite and DRV Mobile
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Engineering Analysis EA11-007.
try.vin does not copy NHTSA's investigation documents; NHTSA's investigation record lists the ones NHTSA has published.
EA11-007 is closed with the submission of recall campaign 12V-028 submitted by DRV.The population included in the campaign action includes 1,701 model year 2008, 2010, and early-2011 DRV models Select, Mobile, and Elite Suite DRV motor homes equipped with disc brakes.
The absence of wheel end loosening and/or separation reports related to DRV vehicles produced after January 2011 indicates that changes in manufacturing practices that DRV adopted have improved the integrity of the wheel end system in these vehicles.
Further details of this investigation are summarized in the attached closing report.
The ODI reports cited above can be reviewed at www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchNHTSAID under the following identification (ODI) numbers: 10357608, 10357609
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Engineering Analysis EA11-007. 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.
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.
Free VIN check: decode a VIN to see its year, make and model.
Sources
NHTSA's investigation record for EA11-007
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.