NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Preliminary Evaluation PE14-035: Loss of Instrument Cluster Functions
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Preliminary Evaluation PE14-035 on November 21, 2014 and closed it on May 22, 2015. NHTSA's investigations file lists the 2010 Wheeled Coach Emergency Vehicle Type II for it and links recall 15V-120 to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- PE14-035 (also written PE14035)
- 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 22, 2015
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- REV Ambulance Group Orlando, Inc.
- Components
- Electrical System; Electrical System — Instrument Cluster/Panel; Electrical System — Software; Interior Lighting
- Recall linked by NHTSA
- 15V-120: Various Electrical System Failures, reported
- Vehicles and equipment
- 2010 Wheeled Coach Emergency Vehicle Type II
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Preliminary Evaluation PE14-035.
On November 21st 2014 the Office of Defects Investigations (ODI) opened Preliminary Evaluation PE14-035 on Wheeled Coach model year 2012 Business Class M2 ambulances.
According to EWR reports the transmission control pad would fail, emergency lights would flash randomly on the cab/chassis, complete loss of the instrument cluster, and windshield wipers turning on without the ability to turn them off.
Without cab or instrument lighting, the EMS responders are unable to complete their mission and service patients.
On January 13th 2015 the manufacture supplied two exemplar subject vehicles for inspection.
During this inspection Wheeled Coach representatives identified a remedy implemented on one of the defective vehicles.
This remedy involved the installation of dedicated power and ground source wires to the computer controlling dash functions, lighting, and the transmission function pad.
After this repair was completed the problem was shown to be resolved.
With Wheeled Coach's safety recall 15V-120 implementing the remedy displayed during the field inspection, this investigation is closed.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Preliminary Evaluation PE14-035. 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.
Wheeled Coach
Wheeled Coach Emergency Vehicle Type II
- 2010
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 PE14-035
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.