NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Preliminary Evaluation PE01-037: MOTORCYCLE SEAT SUPPORT
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Preliminary Evaluation PE01-037 on November 2, 2001 and closed it on January 24, 2002. NHTSA's investigations file lists the 1999 Bigdog PIT Bull for it and links recall 02V-016 to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- PE01-037 (also written PE01037)
- Investigation type
- Preliminary Evaluation The first stage of most defect investigations: NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation gathers basic information about a possible safety defect, including from the manufacturer.
- Status
- Closed January 24, 2002
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- Big Dog Motorcycles, LLC
- Component
- Structure
- Recall linked by NHTSA
- 02V-016: BIG DOG/REAR FENDER, reported
- Vehicles and equipment
- 1999 Bigdog PIT Bull
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Preliminary Evaluation PE01-037.
THE SUBJECT MOTORCYCLE IS AN EXTREMELY LOW-VOLUME PRODUCTION MODEL IN A HARDTAIL (I.E., NO REAR SUSPENSION) CONFIGURATION.REPORTS INDICATE BRACKETS SECURING THE REAR FENDER/SEAT ASSEMBLY SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME.THE ASSEMBLY THEN COLLAPSED ONTO THE REAR TIRE.ON JANUARY 16, 2002, BIG DOG MOTORCYCLES, LLC NOTIFIED ODI THAT IT WAS RECALLING THE SUBJECT VEHICLES FOR THIS PROBLEM.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Preliminary Evaluation PE01-037. 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.
Bigdog
Bigdog PIT Bull
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 PE01-037
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.