BRUSH/GRILLE GUARD CAMPAIGN

NHTSA investigation SQ96009 is a SQ opened on 1996-01-10 and currently open. The subject is tracked inside the Office of Defects Investigation queue. Latest activity on this investigation was logged on 1996-01-10 — NHTSA updates that field whenever an Information Request goes out, a supplement is filed, or a status change is recorded in the public docket.

Investigators summarized the matter as follows: "ADDITION INFORMATION IS NEEDED TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE NATURE AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE SUBJECT BULLETIN. LOSS OF AN ITEM THIS SIZE WOULD HAVE SAFETY COSEQUENCES. THIS SQ IS OPENED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS ISSUE...." 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.