Honda audit query AQ12001
Southern Honda Powersports. NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened this audit query about the unknown or other on 38 model years (2001–2012). Opened May 14, 2012, closed May 13, 2013 after 12 months without a recall. closed
What NHTSA says
Source: Office of Defects Investigation, as filedNHTSA opened Audit Query (AQ) 12-001 to determine whether Southern Honda Powersports (Southern Honda) of Chattanooga, Tennessee, had complied with the requirements of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, as amended, 49 U.S.C. Chapter 301 (Safety Act) and its implementing regulations. The Safety Act requires, among other things, that a motor vehicle or equipment manufacturer notify its dealers of defects related to motor vehicle safety and non-compliances with federal motor vehicle safety standards. In turn, a dealer may not sell and deliver a new vehicle subject to a recall unless the recall remedy has been performed.(see 49 U.S.C. 30120(i); 49 C.F.R. 573.11)NHTSA issued an information request to Southern Honda on May 14, 2012 to which they responded on July 6, 2012. NHTSA?s inquiry led it to believe that Southern Honda had failed to complete the requirements of five recalls that required inspections and/or repairs of motorcycles prior to their sale or delivery. NHTSA believes that 329 motorcycles affected by recalls had not been inspected and/or repaired prior to their sale and delivery between 2007 and 2012. The agency is unaware of any deaths or injuries involving these vehicles. NHTSA concluded that it had a potential civil penalty claim against Southern Honda for violations of the Safety Act. Southern Honda denied any violations of the Safety Act. In order to settle this matter, Southern Honda agreed to pay a civil penalty in the amount of $125,000, to be paid in five annual installments. This AQ is closed.
A Audit Query is an audit of the manufacturer's own reporting obligations — early-warning data, recall notices, remedy — rather than of a vehicle condition. The summary is the agency’s own text from its investigation file, unedited; the opening and closing resumes with the full reasoning are on NHTSA’s site under this number.
What this means for an owner
Source: and what happens nextAn investigation is not a finding that a defect exists, and it puts no duty on anyone. NHTSA opens a Preliminary Evaluation when complaints and other reports suggest a condition worth asking the manufacturer about; it upgrades to an Engineering Analysis when the answers warrant testing; it closes either when it recommends a recall, when the manufacturer recalls on its own, or when no defect trend is found. The agency’s own goals are about four months for a petition, eight for a Preliminary Evaluation or a Recall Query and eighteen for an Engineering Analysis; many run longer.
This one is closed. A audit query ends with NHTSA’s finding on the recall it examined — the remedy stands, is widened, or a new campaign follows; the file names the recall it concerned and NHTSA’s closing resume carries the reasoning.
Model years it names
Source: as NHTSA filed themAlso named: 2006 Honda CBR1000RR; 2007 Honda CBR1000RR; 2008 Honda CBR1000RR; 2001 Honda GL1800; 2002 Honda GL1800; 2003 Honda GL1800; 2004 Honda GL1800; 2005 Honda GL1800; 2006 Honda GL1800; 2007 Honda GL1800; 2008 Honda GL1800; 2009 Honda GL1800; 2010 Honda GL1800; 2012 Honda GL1800; 2010 Honda NT700; 2008 Honda ST1300; 2009 Honda ST1300; 2010 Honda ST1300; 2008 Honda ST1300A; 2009 Honda ST1300A; 2010 Honda ST1300A; 2009 Honda ST1300PA; 2002 Honda VFR800; 2003 Honda VFR800; 2004 Honda VFR800; 2005 Honda VFR800; 2010 Honda VT1300CR; 2010 Honda VT1300CRA; 2010 Honda VT1300CT; 2007 Honda VT600; 2008 Honda VT600; 2007 Honda VT750; 2008 Honda VT750; 2010 Honda VT750; 2011 Honda VT750; 2007 Honda VTX1300; 2008 Honda VTX1300; 2002 Honda VTX1800.
A vehicle page’s investigation list carries the same action; a name here is the scope NHTSA opened, not a list of affected VINs.
Common questions
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects InvestigationIs AQ12001 a recall?
No. A audit query is NHTSA asking questions, not a recall. A safety recall carries an NHTSA campaign number and a duty to repair for free; this one closed without one. Whether one particular vehicle has an open recall is a VIN question at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Is AQ12001 still open?
No. It closed on May 13, 2013 without a recall.
Which vehicles does AQ12001 cover?
NHTSA opened it on 38 model years: 2006 Honda CBR1000RR, 2007 Honda CBR1000RR, 2008 Honda CBR1000RR, 2001 Honda GL1800, 2002 Honda GL1800, 2003 Honda GL1800 and more. That is the scope of the inquiry, not a list of affected vehicles; a recall, if one follows, defines its own population by VIN.