NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Recall Query RQ99-013: CADILLAC COOLANT COOLED ALTERNATOR FIRES

Closed

NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Recall Query RQ99-013 on June 10, 1999 and closed it on February 22, 2002. NHTSA's investigations file lists the 1998–1999 Cadillac Seville for it and links recall 99V-070 to it.

Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file

Key facts

NHTSA number: RQ99-013 (also written RQ99013)
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 February 22, 2002
Opened: June 10, 1999
Closed: February 22, 2002
Vehicle or equipment manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Component: Engine and Engine Cooling
Recall linked by NHTSA: 99V-070: GM/ELECTRICAL SHORT, reported April 12, 1999
Vehicles and equipment: 1998–1999 Cadillac Seville

Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation

NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Recall Query RQ99-013. 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.

Cadillac

Cadillac Seville
- 1998, 1999

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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.

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Sources

NHTSA's investigation record for RQ99-013

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.