Alliance RV audit query AQ24003
Blue Compass RV Open Recall Sale. NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened this audit query about the unknown or other on 1 model year (2023). Opened Apr 3, 2024 and still open — 2.5 years so far. open
What NHTSA says
Source: Office of Defects Investigation, as filedNHTSA is opening this Audit Query (AQ) to investigate Blue Compass RV dealerships for compliance with the requirements of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act.The Safety Act requires, among other things, that a manufacturer notify its dealers of defects related to motor vehicle safety and noncompliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and, in turn, that a dealer not deliver a new vehicle subject to a recall unless the recall remedy has been performed. 49 U.S.C. § 30120(i). NHTSA is in receipt of information that indicates this dealer delivered at least one new vehicle to a first purchaser without having performed required recall repairs. The Vehicle Owner Questionnaire (VOQ) related to this investigation can be found on nhtsa.gov by searching ID number 11550993. Accordingly, we are opening this audit query to seek additional information concerning this issue.
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 open. Nothing is owed on the vehicle today; if it becomes a recall, owners are written to and the repair is free. The moment to know is the day the campaign number appears — Recall Watch checks each VIN against every new NHTSA campaign and emails you when one lands, or take a free one-line alert by model year.
Model years it names
Source: as NHTSA filed themAlso named: 2023 Alliance RV Valor.
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 AQ24003 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 has not produced one. Whether one particular vehicle has an open recall is a VIN question at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Is AQ24003 still open?
Yes, as of NHTSA’s latest file: opened Apr 3, 2024, 2.5 years ago.
Which vehicles does AQ24003 cover?
NHTSA opened it on 1 model year: 2023 Alliance RV Valor. That is the scope of the inquiry, not a list of affected vehicles; a recall, if one follows, defines its own population by VIN.