NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Preliminary Evaluation PE99-064: POST-COLLISION FUEL SYSTEM INTEGRITY
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Preliminary Evaluation PE99-064 on October 27, 1999 and closed it on February 11, 2000. NHTSA's investigations file lists the 2000 Saturn LS for it and links recall 99V-345 to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- PE99-064 (also written PE99064)
- 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 February 11, 2000
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- General Motors, LLC
- Component
- Vehicle Speed Control — Linkages
- Recall linked by NHTSA
- 99V-345: GM/FUEL TANK RELIEF VALVE, reported
- Vehicles and equipment
- 2000 Saturn LS
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Preliminary Evaluation PE99-064.
ALLEGE THAT THE FUEL TANK OVER-PRESSURE RELIEF (OPR) VALVE MAY LEAK FUEL IN EXCESS OF FMVSS 301 ALLOWANCES IN A CRASH
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Preliminary Evaluation PE99-064. 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.
Saturn
Saturn LS
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 PE99-064
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.