NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Recall Query RQ98-019: NITRILE RUBBER COMPONENTS
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Recall Query RQ98-019 on October 7, 1998 and closed it on November 24, 2000. NHTSA's investigations file lists the National O-Ring O-Ring and O-Ring Seal Group O-Ring for it and links recall 98V-184 to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- RQ98-019 (also written RQ98019)
- 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 24, 2000
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- VARIOUS MANUFACTURERS
- Component
- Fuel System, Gasoline — Fuel Injection System
- Recall linked by NHTSA
- 98V-184: CHRYSLER/FUEL LEAKAGE, reported
- Vehicles and equipment
- National O-Ring O-Ring and O-Ring Seal Group O-Ring
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Recall Query RQ98-019.
SUMMARY:Several recalls throughout the 1990's, as well as various automotive industry publications, have identified the possible premature failure of fuel delivery system o-rings and other components made from various nitrile rubber compounds.
The purpose of this RQ is to identify those vehicles with nitrile rubber compound components in fuel delivery system applications which are potentially defective.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Recall Query RQ98-019. 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.
National O-Ring
National O-Ring O-Ring
- model year not given
O-Ring Seal Group
O-Ring Seal Group O-Ring
- model year not given
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 RQ98-019
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.