NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Recall Query RQ00-019: LOSS OF BRAKING CONTROL

  • Closed

NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Recall Query RQ00-019 on September 26, 2000 and closed it on October 24, 2000. NHTSA's investigations file lists the 2000 Gunite Brake Drums for it and links recalls 00V249001 and 00V249002 to it.

Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file

Key facts

NHTSA number
RQ00-019 (also written RQ00019)
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 October 24, 2000
Opened
Closed
Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
GUNITE CORPORATION
Component
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Recalls linked by NHTSA
  • 00V249001: RAVEN/STEEL BRAKE DRUMS, reported
  • 00V249002: TRAILSTAR/STEEL BRAKE DRUMS, reported
Vehicles and equipment
2000 Gunite Brake Drums

Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation

NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Recall Query RQ00-019. 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.

Gunite

  • Gunite Brake Drums

    • 2000

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 RQ00-019

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.