NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Recall Query RQ97-012: STEERING WHEEL AND COLUMN
- No closing date on file
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Recall Query RQ97-012 on September 25, 1997; NHTSA's investigations file gives no closing date for it. NHTSA's investigations file lists the Dodge Ram and Dakota for it and links recall 95V-088 to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- RQ97-012 (also written RQ97012)
- 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
- Opened September 25, 1997; no closing date on file
- Opened
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
- Component
- Steering — Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
- Recall linked by NHTSA
- 95V-088: Steering — Steering Wheel/Handle Bar, reported
- Vehicles and equipment
- Dodge Ram and Dakota
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Recall Query RQ97-012. 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.
Dodge
All Dodge 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.
To see whether a specific vehicle has an open recall, enter its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Dodge VIN check: decode a VIN to see its year, make and model.
Sources
NHTSA's investigation record for RQ97-012
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.