NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Preliminary Evaluation PE04-009: FRAME CRACKS AND FRACTURES
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Preliminary Evaluation PE04-009 on January 22, 2004 and closed it on April 27, 2004. NHTSA's investigations file lists the 1997 Sunnybrook 33Rkfs for it and links recall 04V-158 to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- PE04-009 (also written PE04009)
- 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 April 27, 2004
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- Winnebago of Indiana, LLC
- Component
- Structure — Frame and Members
- Recall linked by NHTSA
- 04V-158: SUNNYBROOK/HITCH PIN BOX, reported
- Vehicles and equipment
- 1997 Sunnybrook 33Rkfs
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Preliminary Evaluation PE04-009.
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SUNNYBROOK RV HAS ADVISED ODI THAT THEY INTEND TO CONDUCT A RECALL CAMPAIGN (04V-158) TO CORRECT THE IDENTIFIED ISSUE.SUNNYBROOK IS ALSO CONDUCTING AN INSPECTION SURVEY OF VEHICLES MANUFACTURED JUST OUTSIDE THE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING BOUNDARY RANGES DEFINED BY THE PROPOSED CAMPAIGN AND WILL PROVIDE ODI WITH THE RESULTS OF THIS SURVEY FOLLOWING ITS COMPLETION SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 30, 2004.
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Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Preliminary Evaluation PE04-009. 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.
Sunnybrook
Sunnybrook 33Rkfs
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 PE04-009
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.