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Preliminary Evaluation PE10-047: Driver's Master Power Window Switch

  • Closed

NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Preliminary Evaluation PE10-047 on November 22, 2010 and closed it on April 15, 2011. NHTSA's investigations file lists the 2005–2006 Honda CR-V for it and links recall 11V-456 to it.

Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file

Key facts

NHTSA number
PE10-047 (also written PE10047)
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 April 15, 2011
Opened
Closed
Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Components
Electrical System; Visibility — Power Window Devices and Controls
Recall linked by NHTSA
  • 11V-456: DRIVER SIDE POWER WINDOW SWITCH, reported
Vehicles and equipment
2005–2006 Honda CR-V

NHTSA's summary

As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Preliminary Evaluation PE10-047.

This investigation was opened based on three Vehicle Owner's Questionnaire reports alleging smoke and fire occurred inside of the driver's door.

The complainants reported that the master power window switch and, in some cases its wiring harness, had sustained heat related damage and required replacement.

Since opening the investigation the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) has received two additional reports.

The reports provided by Honda in response to ODI's Information Request appear consistent with ODI's Vehicle Owner's Questionnaire reports. Based on the information provided by Honda in response to this preliminary evaluation and its ongoing analysis, the investigation will be upgraded to engineering analysis EA11-004 to further study the issue.

Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation

NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Preliminary Evaluation PE10-047. 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.

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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 PE10-047

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.