NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Service Query SQ99-019: IMPROPER FUNCTIONING OF THE EMER BRAKE
- No closing date on file
NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Service Query SQ99-019 on June 29, 1999; NHTSA's investigations file gives no closing date for it. NHTSA's investigations file lists the 1996–1997 Leisure Freedom for it and links recall 99V-185 to it.
Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file
Key facts
- NHTSA number
- SQ99-019 (also written SQ99019)
- Investigation type
- Service Query
- Status
- Opened June 29, 1999; no closing date on file
- Opened
- Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
- LEISURE TRAVEL VANS
- Component
- Parking Brake
- Recall linked by NHTSA
- 99V-185: LEISURE TRAVEL/EMERGENCY BRAKE, reported
- Vehicles and equipment
- 1996–1997 Leisure Freedom
NHTSA's summary
As NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation wrote it for Service Query SQ99-019.
ON APRIL 7, 1999, LEISURE TRAVEL VANS ISSUED A CANADIAN SAFETY RECALL FOR 1996-1997 LEISURE FREEDOM WIDE BODY VANS.A PROTECTIVE SHIELD WAS NOT MODIFIED IN THE APPROPRIATE MANNER AND CAN IMPEDE THE PARKING BRAKE BRACKET.THIS INVESTIGATION IS OPENED TO ACQUIRE INFORMATION CONCERNING THE POPULATION, PROBLEM EXPERIENCE, AND THE REASONING FOR LEISURE TO NOT CONDUCT A SAFETY RECALL FOR THESE VEHICLES IN THE UNITED STATES.
Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation
NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Service Query SQ99-019. 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.
Leisure
All Leisure 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 SQ99-019
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.