Sutphen preliminary evaluation PE10002
Driveshaft Failure. NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened this preliminary evaluation about the driveshaft on 8 model years (2004–2011). Opened Jan 19, 2010, closed Mar 25, 2010 after 2 months. It led to safety recall 10V071000. became a recall
What NHTSA says
Source: Office of Defects Investigation, as filedThis investigation was opened after ODI was notified by a fire rescue authority that they had multiple driveshaft failures on four of their fire trucks. Allegedly, one driveshaft was ejected from the truck as it was being driven on the highway at a high rate of speed. Sutphen conducted an engineering evaluation and then decided to conduct a safety recall. They will: a.modify the cross members on the pre-2007 vehicles; b.conduct driveshaft re-phasing on the post-2007 vehicles; and c.replace the frame cross members. The action taken by Sutphen resolves this investigation. Accordingly, this investigation is closed.
A Preliminary Evaluation is the first formal stage: NHTSA has decided the complaints and other information it screened are worth a closer look, and asks the manufacturer for its own data on the 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 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 themAlso named: 2011 Sutphen Chassis; 2004 Sutphen SPH 100; 2005 Sutphen SPH 100; 2006 Sutphen SPH 100; 2007 Sutphen SPH 100; 2008 Sutphen SPH 100; 2009 Sutphen SPH 100; 2010 Sutphen SPH 100.
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 PE10002 a recall?
No — it is the investigation that led to one. Recall 10V071000 is the campaign; its page carries the remedy.
Is PE10002 still open?
No. It closed on Mar 25, 2010 and led to recall 10V071000.
Which vehicles does PE10002 cover?
NHTSA opened it on 8 model years: 2011 Sutphen Chassis, 2004 Sutphen SPH 100, 2005 Sutphen SPH 100, 2006 Sutphen SPH 100, 2007 Sutphen SPH 100, 2008 Sutphen SPH 100 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.