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Equipment Query EQ12-003: Dexter Hydraulic Brake Actuators Failing

  • Closed

NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Equipment Query EQ12-003 on March 7, 2012 and closed it on August 15, 2013. NHTSA's investigations file lists the Dexter Axle Brake Actuator for it and links 39 recalls to it.

Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file

Key facts

NHTSA number
EQ12-003 (also written EQ12003)
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 August 15, 2013
Opened
Closed
Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
DEXTER AXLE
Component
Parking Brake — Driveline — Hydraulic — Actuator
Recalls linked by NHTSA
Vehicles and equipment
Dexter Axle Brake Actuator

NHTSA's summary

As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Equipment Query EQ12-003.

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Please see the closing resume attached with this PDF copy of this document.

Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation

NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Equipment Query EQ12-003. 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.

Dexter Axle

  • Dexter Axle Brake Actuator

    • 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.

Free VIN check: decode a VIN to see its year, make and model.

Sources

NHTSA's investigation record for EQ12-003

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.