NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Preliminary Evaluation PE07-056: FUEL LEAK / STALLING
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Preliminary Evaluation PE07-056 on November 14, 2007 and closed it on February 20, 2008. NHTSA's investigations file lists the Hyosung GT650 and GV650 for it and links recall 08V-071 to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- PE07-056 (also written PE07056)
- 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 February 20, 2008
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- HYOSUNG MOTORS AMERICA INC.
- Component
- Fuel System, Gasoline — Storage — Tank Assembly
- Recall linked by NHTSA
- 08V-071: FUEL CAP ASSEMBLY, reported
- Vehicles and equipment
- Hyosung GT650 and GV650
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Preliminary Evaluation PE07-056.
ODI RECEIVED A VEHICLE OWNER QUESTIONNAIRE (VOQ) ALLEGING A HYOSUNG GV650 LEAKED FUEL FROM A FUEL TANK SEAM.AFTER A HYOSUNG DEALER REPLACED THE TANK, FUEL AGAIN LEAKED FROM THE MOTORCYCLE AND IT BEGAN TO STALL.SUBSEQUENTLY, HYOSUNG ADVISED THE CUSTOMER THAT THE PROBLEM COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF THE DEALER HAD FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS IN ITS APRIL 2007 TSB.THAT TSB ACKNOWLEDGED THE SUBJECT VEHICLES FUEL TANK WAS NOT VENTING PROPERLY DUE TO AN IMPROPERLY FABRICATED GAS CAP GASKET.WITHOUT PROPER VENTING, THE BIKES WOULD STALL OR THE FUEL TANK WOULD COLLAPSE AND LEAK OR BOTH.ON FEBRUARY 12, 2008, AFTER DISCUSSING THE ISSUE WITH ODI STAFF, HYOSUNG AGREED TO CONDUCT A SAFETY RECALL TO MODIFY THE GAS CAP GASKET.WITH THAT RECALL, THIS PE IS CLOSED.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Preliminary Evaluation PE07-056. 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 PE07-056
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.