NHTSA defect investigation · Equipment Query

Williams Controls equipment query EQ14012

Q: Is EQ14012 a recall?

No — it is the investigation that led to one. Recall 14V685000, 14V693000, 14V778000 is the campaign; its page carries the remedy.

Throttle Pedal Springs May Fracture. NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened this equipment query about the accelerator pedal. Opened Oct 15, 2014, closed Feb 17, 2015 after 4 months. It led to safety recall 14V685000, 14V693000, 14V778000. became a recall

EQ14012 at nhtsa.gov →Every investigation on file →

What NHTSA says

Source: Office of Defects Investigation, as filed

See the attached closing report.

Stage Equipment Query Opened Oct 15, 2014 Closed Feb 17, 2015 Manufacturer Williams Controls, Inc. Components Vehicle Speed Control › Accelerator Pedal Resulting recall 14V685000, 14V693000, 14V778000

A Equipment Query is a query about a piece of equipment — a component, a tire, a child seat — rather than a whole vehicle. 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 next

An 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 became a recall. The campaign page carries the manufacturer’s filed defect, risk and remedy, the build window and every model year covered; whether one specific vehicle is included is settled by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Model years it names

Source: as NHTSA filed them

NHTSA filed this action against Williams Controls, Inc. without naming a model year — an equipment or manufacturer-level query.

Common questions

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Is EQ14012 a recall?

No — it is the investigation that led to one. Recall 14V685000, 14V693000, 14V778000 is the campaign; its page carries the remedy.

Is EQ14012 still open?

No. It closed on Feb 17, 2015 and led to recall 14V685000, 14V693000, 14V778000.

Which vehicles does EQ14012 cover?

NHTSA filed it against Williams Controls, Inc. without naming a model year.

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