NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Service Query SQ00-019: 4 REINFORCEMENT CORNERS ON TAG AXLE
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Service Query SQ00-019 on November 24, 2000 and closed it on January 19, 2001. NHTSA's investigations file lists 3 Prevost models for it and links recall 00V-389 to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- SQ00-019 (also written SQ00019)
- Investigation type
- Service Query
- Status
- Closed January 19, 2001
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- PREVOST CAR, INCORPORATED
- Component
- Suspension
- Recall linked by NHTSA
- 00V-389: PREVOST/REINFORCEMENT BRACKETS, reported
- Vehicles and equipment
- 3 Prevost models, including the H3 Series and XL-40
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Service Query SQ00-019. 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.
Prevost
Prevost H3 Series
- 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
Prevost XL-40
Prevost XL Series
- 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.
Free VIN check: decode a VIN to see its year, make and model.
Sources
NHTSA's investigation record for SQ00-019
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.