NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Service Query SQ97-018: RELOCATE FUEL RELAY
- Closed
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Service Query SQ97-018 on September 9, 1997 and closed it on April 8, 1998. NHTSA's investigations file lists the 1998 Holiday Rambler Endeavor for it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- SQ97-018 (also written SQ97018)
- Investigation type
- Service Query
- Status
- Closed April 8, 1998
- Opened
- Closed
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- HOLIDAY RAMBLER CORP.
- Component
- Vehicle Speed Control — Linkages
- Vehicles and equipment
- 1998 Holiday Rambler Endeavor
A recall appears here only when NHTSA's investigations file links one to the investigation; NHTSA's summary or record can name others.
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Service Query SQ97-018.
HOLIDAY RAMBLER ADMITS THAT THEY INADVERTENTLY POSITION THE FUEL RELAY IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE ENGINE.THIS WAS DISCOVERED AFTER REVIEWING CHASSIS BUILDER INFORMATION AND NOT THE RESULT OF COMPLAINTS.HOLIDAY RAMBLER PURPORTS THAT THEIR RECORDS INDICATE MOST OF THE MOTOR HOMES AFFECTED MAY STILL BE AT THEIR DEALERS.THIS WOULD ACCOUNT FOR THE ABSENCE OF COMPLAINTS OR WARRANTY CLAIMS.HOLIDAY RAMBLER WILL CONDUCT A SAFETY RECALL TO RELOCATE THE FUEL RELAY TO THE FRAME STRUT OF THE FIREWALL.THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Service Query SQ97-018. 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.
Holiday Rambler
Holiday Rambler Endeavor
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 SQ97-018
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.