NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Preliminary Evaluation PE05-025: CRACKED OR BROKEN WHEELS
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Preliminary Evaluation PE05-025 on May 11, 2005 and closed it on September 26, 2005. NHTSA's investigations file lists 3 Double Tree models for it and links recall 05V-425 to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- PE05-025 (also written PE05025)
- 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 September 26, 2005
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- Doubletree RV
- Components
- Wheels; Wheels — Hubcap/Cover; Wheels — Rim
- Recall linked by NHTSA
- 05V-425: RIM/TREDIT, reported
- Vehicles and equipment
- 3 Double Tree models, including the 36RE3 and 36RS3
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Preliminary Evaluation PE05-025.
IN RESPONSE TO THE PRODUCT FAILURES THAT PROMPTED ODI TO INITIATE INVESTIGATION PE05-025, DOUBLETREE RV HAS FILED DEFECT NOTICE 05V-425 THAT PROPOSES TO CONDUCT A PRODUCT RECALL TO REPLACE CERTAIN 16 CHROME PLATED STEEL WHEELS THAT WERE INSTALLED AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT BETWEEN MARCH 1, 2005 AND APRIL 30, 2005 IN APPROXIMATELY 142 2005 MODEL YEAR FIFTH WHEEL RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. TREDIT TIRE, DOUBLETREE RV'S SUPPLIER OF TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLIES, HAD INVESTIGATED THE REASONS FOR THE CRACKED AND BROKEN WHEELS, DETERMINED THE CAUSES, AND NOTIFIED DOUBLETREE RV AND ODI (05E-051) OF THEIR FINDINGS IN AUGUST-SEPTEMBER, 2005.
DOUBLETREE RV HAS NOT YET PROVIDED ODI WITH COMPLETE INFORMATION ABOUT PAST INCIDENTS OF CRACKED, BROKEN, AND/OR LEAKING WHEELS. IN THE EVENT THAT DOUBLETREE RV REPORTS THAT WHEEL FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED IN VEHICLES MANUFACTURED PRIOR TO MARCH 1, 2005, ODI WILL EVALUATE WHETHER ADDITIONAL ACTIONS APPEAR TO BE WARRANTED FORVEHICLES NOT CURRENTLY ADDRESSED BY CAMPAIGN O5V-425.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Preliminary Evaluation PE05-025. 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.
Double Tree
Double Tree 36RE3
- 2005
Double Tree 36RS3
- 2005
Double Tree 36TK3
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 PE05-025
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.