NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Preliminary Evaluation PE08-046: LOSS OF POWER STEERING
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Preliminary Evaluation PE08-046 on July 24, 2008 and closed it on September 25, 2008. NHTSA's investigations file lists the Country Coach Affinity and Magna for it and links recall 08V-484 to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- PE08-046 (also written PE08046)
- 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 25, 2008
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- COUNTRY COACH INC
- Components
- Steering — Hydraulic Power Assist System; Steering — Hydraulic Power Assist — Pump
- Recall linked by NHTSA
- 08V-484: LOSS OF POWER STEERING HYDRAULIC ASSIST, reported
- Vehicles and equipment
- Country Coach Affinity and Magna
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Preliminary Evaluation PE08-046.
COUNTRY COACH HAS FILED DEFECT REPORT THAT PROPOSES A REMEDY TO CORRECT THE POWER STEERING PUMP SPLINE FRETTING ISSUE, WHICH IS THE PRIMARY ISSUE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOSS OF POWER ASSIST IN THE 2006-2008 MODEL YEAR COUNTRY COACH MAGNA AND AFFINITY VEHICLES.THE SAFETY RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS 08V-484.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Preliminary Evaluation PE08-046. 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 PE08-046
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.