NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Preliminary Evaluation PE05-026: WHEELS CRACKING AND BREAKING
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Preliminary Evaluation PE05-026 on May 11, 2005 and closed it on September 22, 2005. NHTSA's investigations file lists 3 models from 3 makes for it and links recall 05V-418 to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- PE05-026 (also written PE05026)
- 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 22, 2005
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- MONACO COACH CORPORATION
- Components
- Wheels; Wheels — Hubcap/Cover; Wheels — Rim
- Recall linked by NHTSA
- 05V-418: RIM/TREDIT, reported
- Vehicles and equipment
- 3 models from 3 makes, including the Holiday Rambler Presidential and Mckenzie Lakota
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Preliminary Evaluation PE05-026.
IN RESPONSE TO THE PRODUCT FAILURES THAT PROMPTED ODI TO INITIATE INVESTIGATION PE05-026, MONACO COACH HAS FILED DEFECT NOTICE 05V-418 THAT PROPOSES TO CONDUCT A PRODUCT RECALL TO REPLACE CERTAIN 16 CHROME PLATED STEEL WHEELS THAT WERE INSTALLED AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT BETWEEN MARCH 2005 AND JULY 2005 IN APPROXIMATELY 290 2005 AND 2006 MODEL YEAR FIFTH WHEEL TRAILERS. TREDIT TIRE, MONACO COACH'S SUPPLIER OF TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLIES, HAD INVESTIGATED THE REASONS FOR THE CRACKED AND BROKEN WHEELS, DETERMINED THE CAUSES, AND NOTIFIED MONACO AND ODI (05E-051) OF THEIR FINDINGS.IN RESPONSE TO ODI'S INQUIRIES IN INVESTIGATION PE05-026, MONACO COACH HAS INFORMED ODI THAT SOME WHEELS INSTALLED IN MODEL YEAR 2003, 2004, AND 2005 VEHICLES THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY ADDRESSED BY CAMPAIGN 05V-418 HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED CRACKED, BROKEN, AND/OR LEAKING. ACCORDINGLY, ODI WILL EVALUATE WHETHER ADDITIONAL ACTIONS APPEAR TO BE WARRANTED FOR WHEELS INSTALLED IN MONACO VEHICLES MANUFACTURED PRIOR TO MARCH 2005 AND NOT ADDRESSED BY CAMPAIGN O5V-418.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Preliminary Evaluation PE05-026. 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.
Holiday Rambler
All Holiday Rambler recallsMckenzie
Mckenzie Lakota
Monaco Coach
Monaco Coach Camelot
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.
Free VIN check: decode a VIN to see its year, make and model.
Sources
NHTSA's investigation record for PE05-026
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.