NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Preliminary Evaluation PE14-007: Front brake malfunction - Motorcycle
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Preliminary Evaluation PE14-007 on March 20, 2014 and closed it on May 8, 2014. NHTSA's investigations file lists the 2013 Westward G0-4 for it and links recall 14V-210 to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- PE14-007 (also written PE14007)
- 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 May 8, 2014
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- Westward Industries
- Component
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic — Foundation Components
- Recall linked by NHTSA
- 14V-210: Front Brake Pads may Fall Out of Caliper, reported
- Vehicles and equipment
- 2013 Westward G0-4
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Preliminary Evaluation PE14-007.
The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) was contacted by a municipal fleet manager responsible for 49 GO-4 three-wheeled parking enforcement vehicles (subject vehicles).
The fleet manager informed ODI of the possibility of front brake pad ejection from the brake caliper on the subject vehicles.
Further, the fleet manager provided ODI with a copy of a Technical Service Bulletin (TSB ID: 10055374) that outlined a pad, rotor andbrake caliper spacer replacement campaign.
On the basis of his information, ODI opened this Preliminary Evaluation (PE) to investigate alleged front brake failure due to worn brake pad ejection.
Shortly after opening this PE, Westward Industries decided to address the problem with a Safety Recall, 14V-210.
Based on this action by the manufacturer, this investigation is closed.
The ODI report cited above can be viewed at:http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchNHTSAID using complaint number 10566532 and TSB number 10055374.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Preliminary Evaluation PE14-007. 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.
Westward
Westward G0-4
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.
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Sources
NHTSA's investigation record for PE14-007
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.