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Recall Query RQ98-015: HEADLIGHT CIRCUIT BREAKER

  • Closed

NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Recall Query RQ98-015 on September 29, 1998 and closed it on January 22, 1999. NHTSA's investigations file lists the 1992–1993 Ford Thunderbird for it and links recall 98V-009 to it.

Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file

Key facts

NHTSA number
RQ98-015 (also written RQ98015)
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 January 22, 1999
Opened
Closed
Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
Ford Motor Company
Component
Exterior Lighting — Headlights — Switch
Recall linked by NHTSA
Vehicles and equipment
1992–1993 Ford Thunderbird

NHTSA's summary

As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Recall Query RQ98-015.

HEADLIGHT SWITCH WITH AN ITERNAL, BIMETAL CIRCUIT BREALER THAT MAY OPEN DUE TO OVERHEATING DURING HEADLIGHT OPERATION

Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation

NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Recall Query RQ98-015. 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.

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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.

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

Sources

NHTSA's investigation record for RQ98-015

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.