Investigations
PACE AMERICAN 573 RETRACTION
NHTSA Audit Query AQ08001 - closed, opened 2008-06-18.
NHTSA investigation AQ08001 is a Audit Query opened on 2008-06-18 and currently closed. The subject is tracked inside the Office of Defects Investigation queue. Latest activity on this investigation was logged on 2008-10-29 - NHTSA updates that field whenever an Information Request goes out, a supplement is filed, or a status change is recorded in the public docket.
An Audit Query like AQ08001 is how NHTSA checks that manufacturers are meeting their statutory obligations, things like notifying owners, reporting foreign recalls, and tracking remedy completion rates under TREAD and FMVSS requirements.
Investigators summarized the matter as follows: "BY LETTER DATED NOVEMBER 8, 2007, PACE AMERICAN NOTIFIED NHTSA THAT A DEFECT WHICH RELATED TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY EXISTED IN 180 TO 315 SUBJECT VEHICLES MANUFACTURED WITH DEFECTIVE ALUMINUM WHEELS SUPPLIED BY TREDIT TIR..." Investigations are the early-warning layer of the federal auto-safety system, sitting upstream of formal recalls and defect orders. Whether this one closes without action or escalates into an Engineering Analysis, the full history stays in the ODI archive so researchers, litigators, and buyers can pull the paper trail at any time.
Investigation Summary
BY LETTER DATED NOVEMBER 8, 2007, PACE AMERICAN NOTIFIED NHTSA THAT A DEFECT WHICH RELATED TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY EXISTED IN 180 TO 315 SUBJECT VEHICLES MANUFACTURED WITH DEFECTIVE ALUMINUM WHEELS SUPPLIED BY TREDIT TIRE & WHEEL CO. (TREDIT) WHICH COULD BREAK APART, DEFLATING THE TIRE AND RESULTING IN PROPERTY DAMAGE OR PERSONAL INJURY. SUBSEQUENTLY, BY A LETTER DATED APRIL 22, 2008 PACE INFORMED NHTSA THAT ITS NOVEMBER 8TH DECISION WAS MADE IN ERROR AND REQUESTED A RESCINDMENT OF THEIR PART 573 DEFECT REPORT STATING THAT THEIR DECISION WAS BASED ON ONE WARRANTY CLAIM, WHICH PACE LATER DETERMINED TO BE THE RESULT OF OVERLOADING. AFTER FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE INFORMATION PACE SUPPLIED IN ITS FILINGS, AND THE LIMITATION OF AGENCY RESOURCES, NHTSA HAS DECIDED TO CLOSE THIS INVESTIGATION.
About This Investigation Type
An Audit Query (AQ) is conducted to verify manufacturer compliance with safety standards and recall requirements.
Data from NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. Cross-references: NHTSA recall campaign API and NHTSA FARS where fatality records overlap. PlainCars does not rate or recommend vehicles. about how PlainCars sources NHTSA data.
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