NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Preliminary Evaluation PE05-019: FINGER PINCH POINT
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Preliminary Evaluation PE05-019 on April 21, 2005 and closed it on August 19, 2005, the day it opened Engineering Analysis EA05-012, which this investigation's summary cites. NHTSA's investigations file lists the 2004 Nissan Quest for it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- PE05-019 (also written PE05019)
- 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 August 19, 2005
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- Nissan North America, Inc.
- Component
- Seats — Mid/Rear Assembly
- Vehicles and equipment
- 2004 Nissan Quest
A recall appears here only when NHTSA's investigations file links one to the investigation; NHTSA's summary or record can name others.
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Preliminary Evaluation PE05-019.
ODI HAS RECEIVED FIVE REPORTS ALLEGING THAT THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED USING THE VEHICLE'S SECOND-ROW SEAT RELEASE LEVER TO FOLD THE SECOND ROW SEAT.NISSAN STATES, ...THE CUSTOMER OPERATION OF THE LEVER IN SOME CASES AND SUBSEQUENT ORIENTATION OF THEIR FINGERS IS DIFFERENT THAN EXPECTED.NISSAN ALSO REPORTED ADDITIONAL COMPLAINTS FOR A TOTAL OF 11 INJURIES.NISSAN MODIFIED THE LEVER FOR PRODUCTION TWICE.THE LATEST (SECOND MODIFICATION) DESIGN PROVIDES A LARGER SIZED HANDLE THAT CONTAINS A CUP INTO WHICH THE SEAT OCCUPANT CAN PLACE THEIR FINGERS TO OPERATE THE ADJUSTMENT LEVER.NISSAN REPORTS NO INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CUP DESIGN LEVER.BEGINNING JUNE 2004, NISSAN INITIATED A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION INITIATIVE THAT INCLUDED REPLACING THE ORIGINAL DESIGN HANDLE WITH THE FIRST MODIFICATION HANDLE (THIS IS NOT THE CUP DESIGN HANDLE MENTIONED ABOVE).
THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO AN ENGINEERING ANALYSIS (EA05-012) TO ALLOW FURTHER ANALYSIS OF THE ISSUE.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Preliminary Evaluation PE05-019. 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.
Nissan
Nissan Quest
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.
Nissan VIN check: decode a VIN to see its year, make and model.
Sources
NHTSA's investigation record for PE05-019
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.