NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Preliminary Evaluation PE10-039: Python Lift - Inadvertent Operation
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Preliminary Evaluation PE10-039 on September 30, 2010 and closed it on December 16, 2010. NHTSA's investigations file lists the 2006–2009 Heil CP Python for it and links recall 10V-590 to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- PE10-039 (also written PE10039)
- 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 December 16, 2010
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- Heil Company
- Component
- Structure — Body — Hatchback/Liftgate — Hinge and Attachments
- Recall linked by NHTSA
- 10V-590: INADVERTENT MOVEMENT OF THE LIFT/GRAB ARM, reported
- Vehicles and equipment
- 2006–2009 Heil CP Python
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Preliminary Evaluation PE10-039.
ODI sent Heil Environmental an Information Request letter on 6 October 2010.
After reviewing the letter and subsequent discussions with ODI, Heil decided to issue a safety recall pertaining to 2,201 units built from calendar year 2004 through 2010.
They submitted a 573 Defect Report to NHTSA on 22 November 2010.
Heil is unaware of any accidents or injuries related to this problem.
Therefore this investigation is closed and Heil was excused from answering ODI's information request.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Preliminary Evaluation PE10-039. 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.
Heil
All Heil recallsWhat 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.
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Sources
NHTSA's investigation record for PE10-039
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.