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NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Preliminary Evaluation PE91-094: BRAKING PERFORMANCE LOSS

  • Closed

NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Preliminary Evaluation PE91-094 on July 5, 1991 and closed it on November 26, 1991. NHTSA's investigations file lists 4 models from 3 makes for it and links recalls 91V-191 and 92V-030 to it.

Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file

Key facts

NHTSA number
PE91-094 (also written PE91094)
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 November 26, 1991
Opened
Closed
Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Component
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Recalls linked by NHTSA
Vehicles and equipment
4 models from 3 makes, including the Chrysler Imperial and Chrysler Town And Country

NHTSA's summary

As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Preliminary Evaluation PE91-094.

ABS SYSTEM LEAKS ARE ALLEGED BY CONSUMERS WHICH RESULT IN COMPLETE BRAKEFAILURE. SEVERRE LEAKING OCCURS WHILE THE VEHICLE SITS FOR SEVERAL HOURSRESULTING IN COMPLETE LOSS OF FLUID. LEAKS ARE APPEARING IN BOTH THE HIGHAND LOW PRESSURE LINES POSSIBLY DUE TO A FAULTY SEAL OR COUPLING. ONECOMPLAINT ALLEGES FLUID BEING FORCED OUT OF BRAKE RESERVOIR WHEN ENGINE ISSTARTED, POSSIBLE POINTING TO A FAULTY CHECK VALVE IN THE ACCUMULATOR.

Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation

NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Preliminary Evaluation PE91-094. 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.

Chrysler

  • Chrysler Imperial

  • Chrysler Town And Country

All Chrysler recalls

Dodge

All Dodge recalls

Plymouth

  • Plymouth Voyager

All Plymouth recalls

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.

Free VIN check: decode a VIN to see its year, make and model.

Sources

NHTSA's investigation record for PE91-094

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.