NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Preliminary Evaluation PE04-015: POWER STEERING STUD FAILURE
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Preliminary Evaluation PE04-015 on February 18, 2004 and closed it on June 4, 2004. NHTSA's investigations file lists 5 International models for it and links recall 04V-250 to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- PE04-015 (also written PE04015)
- 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 June 4, 2004
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- Navistar, Inc.
- Component
- Steering — Hydraulic Power Assist — Pump
- Recall linked by NHTSA
- 04V-250: INTERNATIONAL/POWER STEERING PUMP, reported
- Vehicles and equipment
- 5 International models, including the 1652SC and 3800
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Preliminary Evaluation PE04-015.
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THIS INVESTIGATION WAS OPENED BASED ON A REPORT FROM A VIRGINIA SCHOOL BUS FLEET.THE FLEET REPORTED THAT ONE OF THEIR DRIVERS ALLEGED THAT SHE ?COULD NOT STEER THE BUS.?AN INSPECTION OF THE BUS REVEALED THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP HAD DETACHED FROM THE ENGINE.THE FLEET THEN INSPECTED OTHER BUSES ON THE LOT AND FOUND FOUR BUSES WHERE THE BOLTS WERE EITHER MISSING, OR THE STUD HAD BROKEN.SUBSEQUENT STUD TESTING BY INTERNATIONAL REVEALED THE HARDNESS OF THE RETURNED STUDS WAS OUT OF SPECIFICATION.INTERNATIONAL HAS AGREED TO INITATE A SAEFTY RECALL TO INSPECT AND REPLACE THE STUDS ON THE AFFECTED VEHILCES. A COPY OF THE RECALL IS ATTACHED.ACCORDINGLY, THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.THE AGENCY WILL TAKE FURTHER ACTION IF WARRANTED BY THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Preliminary Evaluation PE04-015. 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.
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 PE04-015
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.