OVERHEAD CONSOLE LOOSE OR HANGS DOWN

NHTSA investigation SQ99001 is a SQ opened on 1999-01-12 and currently open. The subject is tracked inside the Office of Defects Investigation queue. Latest activity on this investigation was logged on 1999-01-12 — 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: "THIS INVESTIGATION IS OPENED TO ASCERTAIN FACTS CONCERNING THE PROBLEM EXPERIENCE, SCOPE, AND RATIONAL FOR ISSUING A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. HISTORICALLY, PREVIOUS SAFETY RECALLS INVOLVING SIMI..." 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.