NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Equipment Query EQ12-001: Sure Power Battery Separator Fires
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Equipment Query EQ12-001 on February 1, 2012 and closed it on December 10, 2012. NHTSA's investigations file lists 8 Sure Power models for it and links 8 recalls to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- EQ12-001 (also written EQ12001)
- Investigation type
- Equipment Query An administrative investigation that reviews recall reports to confirm that the equipment suppliers and vehicle manufacturers involved in an equipment recall have filed the recall reports required of them.
- Status
- Closed December 10, 2012
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- Sure Power, Inc.
- Component
- Equipment — Electrical
- Recalls linked by NHTSA
- 12V-070: BATTERY SEPARATOR, reported
- 12V-420: BATTERY SEPARATOR, reported
- 12V-421: Battery Separator, reported
- 12V-426: Battery Separator, reported
- 12V-428: Sure Power Battery Separators overheating, reported
- 12V-452: Sure Power Battery Separators overheating, reported
- 12V-562: Battery Separator may Overheat, reported
- 12E-027 (NHTSA record)
- Vehicles and equipment
- 8 Sure Power models, including the 1314 and 1314-B
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Equipment Query EQ12-001.
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Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Equipment Query EQ12-001. 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.
Sure Power
Sure Power 1314
- model year not given
Sure Power 1314-B
- model year not given
Sure Power 1314BP-D
- model year not given
Sure Power 1315
- model year not given
Sure Power 1315-B
- model year not given
Sure Power 1315-NM
- model year not given
Sure Power 1318
- model year not given
Sure Power 1319
- 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 EQ12-001
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.