NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Service Query SQ99-018: CORRISION FATIGUE OF FRONT COIL SPRINGS
- No closing date on file
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Service Query SQ99-018 on June 17, 1999; NHTSA's investigations file gives no closing date for it. NHTSA's investigations file lists the 1994–1996 Nissan Sentra for it and links recall 00V-063 to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- SQ99-018 (also written SQ99018)
- Investigation type
- Service Query
- Status
- Opened June 17, 1999; no closing date on file
- Opened
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- Nissan North America, Inc.
- Component
- Suspension
- Recall linked by NHTSA
- 00V-063: NISSAN/FRONT COIL SPRINGS, reported
- Vehicles and equipment
- 1994–1996 Nissan Sentra
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Service Query SQ99-018.
NISSAN IS CONDUCTING A SAFETY RECALL IN CANADA OF 11,100 1994 THROUGH 1996 SENTRA 2 DOOR MODELS IN WHICH THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS ARE FRACTURING FROM CORROSION FATIGUE.NISSAN REPORTED THAT THE FAILURES OCCUR FROM A LOSS OF THE PROTECTIVE PAINT COATING ON THE SPRINGS AND EXPOSURE TO HEAVY ROAD SALT.CORROSION CAN CAUSE PITS TO FORM ON THE SPRING SURFACE, WHICH CAN RESULT IN FATIGUE FAILURE OF THE SPRING.A BROKEN SPRING COULDPUNCTURE THE AFFECTED TIRE, POSSIBLY CAUSING A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.THE CANADIAN RECALL NUMBER FOR THIS IS 99-069, DATED APRIL 28, 1999.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS SQ IS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE DEFECT IDENTIFIED IN THE CANADIAN SAFETY RECALL SHOULD BE CONDUCTED IN THE U.S. AS A SAFETY RECALL.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Service Query SQ99-018. 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.
Nissan
All Nissan 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 SQ99-018
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.