Defect dossier
For attorneys and paralegals: one model, one system, every model year from 2006 on. Every coverage program, recall, NHTSA investigation and manufacturer communication on that system, once each, numbered as exhibits with dates, NHTSA numbers and source documents; every owner complaint with its ODI number, mileage and the owner’s words, labelled as allegations; a timeline of the filings; and two CSVs. The hours of pulling NHTSA’s files by hand, done.
See exactly what a firm gets: open a sample dossier, print it, download its CSVs. For attorneys
Three ways to buy. Most firms start with the plan.
- Every dossier, for every intake and every case
- Exhibits and complaints as CSV, the dossier as PDF
- One invoice a month, on the firm’s books
- Any three models and systems, chosen when a case needs them
- Each dossier stays yours to reopen
- Buy once; the firm shares the links
- The record in order, with numbered exhibits
- The complaints that match your client’s facts
- Open in the browser the moment you pay
Not sure yet? Open the complete sample dossier first; it is the same file a firm gets.
Inside a dossier: the Chevrolet Silverado’s engine, as a firm gets it
The record, in order
Exhibits
- Every filing, counted What NHTSA holds on the Chevrolet Silverado’s engine, each once, with its number.
- The record, in order The chart, and how much was already on file when the first bulletin, investigation and recall came.
- Exhibits, cited A recall with its defect report, a bulletin with its NHTSA id, a complaint with its ODI number, mileage and state.
- Then, further down The complaints that match your client’s facts, the federal dockets on this defect, mileage and place, the reference date.
- Take it with you Print it to PDF; download the exhibits and the complaints as CSVs. Yours to reopen.
What is in it
Source: NHTSA’s public filesThe record, in order
A chart of every filing by date, and the first complaint, bulletin, investigation and recall, each with how many complaints were already on file.
Exhibits A to F, cited
Coverage programs, recalls with the defect report and repair rate, investigations, every manufacturer communication, every owner complaint, and the deaths and injuries the manufacturer reported, each once, with its NHTSA number.
Complaints like your client’s
Words from the narrative, a mileage band, a state: the matching complaints, with their exhibit numbers, as their own CSV.
Related federal litigation
The federal dockets naming the manufacturer on this model and system, from the RECAP archive, each linked.
A reference date
Enter the purchase or incident date and the dossier lists what was filed before it and counts the complaints received before it.
Mileage and place, two CSVs, a PDF
The mileage owners report and the states they write from; the exhibits and the complaints as spreadsheets; the whole dossier printed to PDF.
Common questions
Source: WhichTrimWhat does a defect dossier contain?
For one model and one system across every model year: coverage programs, recall campaigns with their defect reports, NHTSA investigations and every manufacturer communication on file, each once as a numbered exhibit; every owner complaint with its ODI number, dates, mileage and narrative; a timeline; and two CSVs.
Are owner complaints evidence of a defect?
They are allegations filed with NHTSA, which does not verify them, and the dossier labels them that way. Recalls, bulletins and investigations are the manufacturer's and NHTSA's own filings.
Which model years does it cover?
Every model year from 2006 on for the models WhichTrim covers: the records behind the site's model-year pages from 2016, and NHTSA's files on 2006 to 2015 read for the dossier. Once it is open you can narrow it to the years of your case.
What is the reference date?
An optional date you enter once the dossier is open, such as the purchase or the incident. The dossier then lists every coverage program, recall, investigation and manufacturer communication filed before it, and counts the owner complaints received before it, by the dates NHTSA records. It states dates, not what anyone knew.
Is this legal advice?
No. It is an organised copy of public federal records.
What happens after I pay?
Stripe brings you back to the dossier’s page, where it is assembled from every model year: print it or save it as a PDF, and download the two CSVs.