Investigations
Shasta Airflyte Safety Issues
NHTSA Defect Petition DP15008 - closed, opened 2015-12-04.
NHTSA investigation DP15008 is a Defect Petition opened on 2015-12-04 and currently closed. The subject is tracked inside the Office of Defects Investigation queue. Latest activity on this investigation was logged on 2016-06-28 - NHTSA updates that field whenever an Information Request goes out, a supplement is filed, or a status change is recorded in the public docket.
A Defect Petition like DP15008 starts when a person or group formally asks NHTSA to investigate a specific alleged defect. Petitioners submit evidence, NHTSA reviews it within 120 days, and either grants the petition (opening a PE) or denies it with a written explanation in the Federal Register.
Investigators summarized the matter as follows: "The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this investigation after receipt of Defect Petition ES15-004654. The petition alleged eleven (11) separate issues. Six (6) of the issues related to vehicle design or const..." 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
The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this investigation after receipt of Defect Petition ES15-004654. The petition alleged eleven (11) separate issues. Six (6) of the issues related to vehicle design or construction. The other five (5) related to corporate safety culture. ODI considered each issue separately during it's evaluation. An outline of the issues follows. Additional details are included in the attached Evaluation Report. Four (4) issues were addressed with recalls: Window failures Recall 15V-553 Wheel well/Suspension/Rims Recall 15V-552 Passenger tire failures Recall 15V-369 Dinette bed failures Recall 16V-218 One (1) issue was addressed with a Technical Service Bulletin (TSB). Body separation from frame. OEM TSB # 53-05112016-0191. One (1) issue, Door Lock Failures, was not considered a safety issue as NFPA Standard 1192 requires multiple means of egress. The remaining five (5) issues, listed below, were either directly or indirectly addressed by a Consent Order issued July 8, 2015. (1) Questionable record keeping practices on serious defects (2) Shasta & Dealer dismissing safety concerns reported by owners (3) No proactive plans to address known defects (4) Poor service management practices, owners have no support (5) Barriers [to customer feedback] This investigation is closed. The agency is actively involved with Forest River to improve its corporate safety culture and reserves the right to take further action if warranted. The ODI reports cited above can be reviewed at: http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchNHTSAID under the following complaint identification numbers:10715617, 10716585, 10716724, 10716729, 10716759, 10716854, 10717124, 10717213, 10717214, 10717217, 10717218, 10721743, 10721784, 10721793, 10721800, 10721913, 10722087, 10722308, 10730470, 10733176, 10733186, 10734026, 10735477, 10744818, 10745868, 10758568, 10758570, 10758572, 10758578, 10758579, 10758582, 10758584, 10758587, 10758591, 10758593, 10759735, 10785358, 10786
About This Investigation Type
A Defect Petition (DP) is initiated when an individual or organization formally petitions NHTSA to investigate a potential safety defect. NHTSA reviews the petition and decides whether to open an investigation.
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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