NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Recall Query RQ00-002: INCORRECT SPECIFICATION OF TIRE PRESSURE
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Recall Query RQ00-002 on January 4, 2000 and closed it on November 30, 2000. NHTSA's investigations file lists the 1996, 1998–1999 Country Coach Allure for it and links 3 recalls to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- RQ00-002 (also written RQ00002)
- Investigation type
- Recall Query An investigation into whether an existing recall covers the right vehicles or whether its remedy works, run much like a Preliminary Evaluation.
- Status
- Closed November 30, 2000
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- COUNTRY COACH INC
- Component
- Suspension
- Recalls linked by NHTSA
- Vehicles and equipment
- 1996, 1998–1999 Country Coach Allure
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Recall Query RQ00-002.
COUNTRY COACH FILED A NONCOMPLIANCE INFORMATION REPORT ON OCTOBER 21, 1999, FOR 448 CLASS A 1998 AND 1999 MODEL YEAR ALLURE AND INTRIGUE MOTORHOMES IN WHICH THE TIRE PLACARD INFORMATION REQUIRED BY FMVSS 120, WAS INCORRECT AND COULD RESULT IN THE UNDER INFLATION OF THE TIRES.COUNTRY COACH MADE THE DETERMINATION AFTER 12 REPORTED BLOWOUTS DUE TO UNDERINFLATION OF THE TIRES.COUNTRY COACH'S INVESTIGATION DISCOVERED THAT THE INFLATION PRESSURE SPECIFICATIONS WERE INCORRECT FOR THE MOTORHOMES.THE ORIGINAL PRESSURES WERE NOT ENOUGH FOR THE WEIGHT OF THE MOTORHOME AND SUBSEQUENTLY LED TO THE BLOWOUTS.THE SUBJECT VEHICLES ARE THOSE MOTORHOMES EQUIPPED WITH SLIDE OUT SECTIONS, IN WHICH A PORTION OF THE SIDE OR REAR OF THE MOTORHOME THAT CAN BE EXTENDED OUTWARD FROM THE VEHICLE.THIS WOULD INCREASE THE WEIGHT ON THE SIDE THE SLIDE OUT IS LOCATED.THIS INVESTIGATION IS OPENED TO EVALUATE THE PROBLEM EXPERIENCE, SCOPE, AND THE IMPACT OF SLIDE OUT SECTIONS ON DISPROPORTIONATE AXLE LOADING.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Recall Query RQ00-002. 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.
Country Coach
All Country Coach recallsWhat 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.
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Sources
NHTSA's investigation record for RQ00-002
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.