NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Preliminary Evaluation PE03-051: ROOF SEPARATION
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Preliminary Evaluation PE03-051 on November 4, 2003 and closed it on January 23, 2004. NHTSA's investigations file lists the 1997–1998 Quality Coach Conversion Van for it and links recall 04V-025 to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- PE03-051 (also written PE03051)
- 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 23, 2004
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- QUALITY COACHES INC.
- Component
- Structure — Body — Roof and Pillars
- Recall linked by NHTSA
- 04V-025: QUALITY/ROOF DETACHMENT, reported
- Vehicles and equipment
- 1997–1998 Quality Coach Conversion Van
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Preliminary Evaluation PE03-051.
ODIOPENED THIS INVESTIGATION BASED ON A REPORT OF A RAISED' ROOF SEPARATION.THE RAISED ROOFS WERE GLUED IN PLACE TO INCREASE THE CEILING SPACE IN THE VEHICLE. WHILE CONDUCTING THE RESEARCH TO RESPOND TO ODI'SINFORMATION REQUEST, QUALITY COACHES DETERMINED THAT A DEFECT EXISTED IN THE INSTALLION PROCEDURE OF SOME VEHICLES, AND THEREFORE A SAFETY RECALL WAS WARRANTED.ODI CONDUCTED SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH QUALITY C OACH AND AGREES THAT THE PROPOSED REMEDY AND IDENTIFIED SCOPE APPEAR TO BE APPROPRIATE.OWNERS WILL BE CONTACTED AND DIRECTED TO A REPAIR FACILITY WHERE DEALERS WILL INSTALL ALUMINUM TRIM WITH SCREWS TO KEEP THE ROOF FROM LOOSENING AND SEPARATING. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Preliminary Evaluation PE03-051. 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.
Quality Coach
All Quality Coach recallsWhat 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 PE03-051
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.