NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Preliminary Evaluation PE19-005: Unintended Movement
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Preliminary Evaluation PE19-005 on April 19, 2019 and closed it on December 9, 2021. NHTSA's investigations file lists the 2012–2016 Isuzu NPR for it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- PE19-005 (also written PE19005)
- 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 9, 2021
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- Isuzu Motors Limited
- Components
- Engine; Equipment — Mechanical; Forward Collision Avoidance; Fuel System, Other; Power Train — Automatic Transmission; Power Train — Automatic Transmission — Torque Converter; Power Train — Driveline
- Vehicles and equipment
- 2012–2016 Isuzu NPR
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NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Preliminary Evaluation PE19-005.
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The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this investigation on April 19, 2020. ODI was made aware of seven consumer complaints related to model year (MY) 2012-2015 Isuzu N-series gasoline-powered trucks for unintended movement. ODI worked with Isuzu and peer manufacturers to understand the severity, failure mechanism and frequency of the issue. Attached is a report outlining these details, in addition to the investigation's chronology. This investigation is being closed with Isuzu releasing a technical service bulletin (TSB), with owner notification, to resolve the unintended movement issue in MY 2012-2017 vehicles. The closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by NHTSA that a safety-related defect does not exist. The Agency will continue to monitor the issue and reserves the right to take further action if warranted by new circumstances.
Please review the attached closing report for full details.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Preliminary Evaluation PE19-005. 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.
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 PE19-005
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.