Investigations
Failure to report under 49 CFR Part 579
NHTSA Audit Query AQ21001 — open, opened 2021-02-23.
NHTSA investigation AQ21001 is a Audit Query opened on 2021-02-23 and currently open. The subject is tracked inside the Office of Defects Investigation queue. Latest activity on this investigation was logged on 2021-02-23 — 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 AQ21001 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: "NHTSA is opening this AQ to better understand and evaluate UPPAbabys process for required reporting under 49 C.F.R. Part 579. NHTSA received a report from the public in April 2020, regarding the 2020 UPPAbaby KNOX child..." 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
NHTSA is opening this AQ to better understand and evaluate UPPAbabys process for required reporting under 49 C.F.R. Part 579. NHTSA received a report from the public in April 2020, regarding the 2020 UPPAbaby KNOX child restraint. NHTSA discussed this issue with UPPAbaby and the manufacturer claimed that it did not have any information to report about the KNOX child restraint system under any part of 49 C.F.R. Part 579. On October 30, 2020, UPPAbaby submitted documentation to NHTSA regarding complaints it received about the performance of the KNOX child restraint. Upon review of the complaints, UPPAbaby may have failed to report injuries, foreign recalls, consumer complaints, and manufacturer communications under 49 U.S.C. § 30166 and 49 C.F.R. Part 579. To date, UPPAbaby either failed to report and/or untimely reported death or injury incidents, consumer complaints, manufacturer communications, and foreign recalls reports under 49 C.F.R. Part 579. This AQ is opened to seek information from UPPAbaby relating to its compliance with 49 C.F.R. Part 579.
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. Learn more.
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