NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Preliminary Evaluation PE15-016: Front wheel failure
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Preliminary Evaluation PE15-016 on April 20, 2015 and closed it on October 16, 2015. NHTSA's investigations file lists the 2015 Polaris Slingshot for it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- PE15-016 (also written PE15016)
- 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 October 16, 2015
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- Polaris Industries Inc.
- Component
- Wheels
- Vehicles and equipment
- 2015 Polaris Slingshot
A recall appears here only when NHTSA's investigations file links one to the investigation; NHTSA's summary or record can name others.
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Preliminary Evaluation PE15-016.
We opened this PE after receiving an allegation of a sudden, catastrophic, right front wheel failure.
Since opening it, we have met with dealer service personnel, interviewed owners, monitored various web forums, and requested information from Polaris.
We are unaware of any additional wheel failures occurring in the six months since we began investigating this subject.
Currently, no actionable defect trend exists which would justify continuing to investigate this matter.
Consequently, this PE is closed.
We will continue to monitor owner complaints, web forums, EWR data, etc and, if warranted by new facts, we will reopen an investigation.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Preliminary Evaluation PE15-016. 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.
Polaris
Polaris Slingshot
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 PE15-016
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.