NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Service Query SQ01-005: BRAKE ANCHOE PLATE
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Service Query SQ01-005 on March 12, 2001 and closed it on May 22, 2001. NHTSA's investigations file lists the 1997–1999 Athey Sweeper for it and links recall 01V-164 to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- SQ01-005 (also written SQ01005)
- Investigation type
- Service Query
- Status
- Closed May 22, 2001
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- ATHEY PRODUCTS CORP.
- Component
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic
- Recall linked by NHTSA
- 01V-164: ATHEY/BRAKE TORQUE PLATE, reported
- Vehicles and equipment
- 1997–1999 Athey Sweeper
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Service Query SQ01-005.
THE ANCHOR PLATE OF THE HYDRAULIC DISK BRAKE SYSTEM COULD FAIL CAUSING INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE AND POTENTIAL FOR LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Service Query SQ01-005. 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.
Athey
All Athey 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.
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Sources
NHTSA's investigation record for SQ01-005
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.