Freightliner and Thomas Built Buses preliminary evaluation PE10007
Stop Lamps Intermittent. NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened this preliminary evaluation about the brake lights on 14 model years (2005–2011). Opened Feb 3, 2010, closed May 23, 2010 after 4 months. It led to safety recall 10V177000, 10V178000, 11V217000, 11V248000, 11V263000, 11V327000. became a recall
What NHTSA says
Source: Office of Defects Investigation, as filedThis investigation was opened after ODI was contacted by a fleet alleging that in certain situations, such as a light brake peal application during a low speed operation, the brake lamps fail to illuminate on the rear of the bus. ODI confirmed the problem with two fleets. On April 29, 2010, Daimler filed a defect report concerning this issue. The stop lamps may be intermittent during light brake applications. They are still evaluating the remedial program and will furnish this information to ODI when it is available. This safety recallresolves the issue raised by this investigation. Hence, 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: 2005 Freightliner Business Class M2; 2006 Freightliner Business Class M2; 2007 Freightliner Business Class M2; 2008 Freightliner Business Class M2; 2009 Freightliner Business Class M2; 2010 Freightliner Business Class M2; 2011 Freightliner Business Class M2; 2005 Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2; 2006 Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2; 2007 Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2; 2008 Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2; 2009 Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2; 2010 Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2; 2011 Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2.
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 PE10007 a recall?
No — it is the investigation that led to one. Recall 10V177000, 10V178000, 11V217000, 11V248000, 11V263000, 11V327000 is the campaign; its page carries the remedy.
Is PE10007 still open?
No. It closed on May 23, 2010 and led to recall 10V177000, 10V178000, 11V217000, 11V248000, 11V263000, 11V327000.
Which vehicles does PE10007 cover?
NHTSA opened it on 14 model years: 2005 Freightliner Business Class M2, 2006 Freightliner Business Class M2, 2007 Freightliner Business Class M2, 2008 Freightliner Business Class M2, 2009 Freightliner Business Class M2, 2010 Freightliner Business Class M2 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.