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NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Equipment Query EQ12-010: Stabilus Rear Liftgate Struts Failing

  • Closed

NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Equipment Query EQ12-010 on September 28, 2012 and closed it on December 31, 2012. NHTSA's investigations file lists 5 models from 5 makes for it.

Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file

Key facts

NHTSA number
EQ12-010 (also written EQ12010)
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 31, 2012
Opened
Closed
Vehicle or equipment manufacturers
Ford Motor Company; Honda (American Honda Motor Co.); Toyota Motor Corporation; Stabilus
Component
Structure — Body — Hatchback/Liftgate — Support Device/Strut
Vehicles and equipment
5 models from 5 makes, including the Ford Freestar and Honda Odyssey

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NHTSA's summary

As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Equipment Query EQ12-010.

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Please see the attached closing resume summary.

It has been attached to this document as a PDF.

Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation

NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Equipment Query EQ12-010. 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.

Ford

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Honda

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Mercury

All Mercury recalls

Stabilus

  • Stabilus Gas Support Strut

    • model year not given

Toyota

All Toyota recalls

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 EQ12-010

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.