Dodge preliminary evaluation PE10024
Rear Hatch Strut Support Failure. NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened this preliminary evaluation about the lock on 1 model year (2005). Opened Jul 19, 2010, closed Nov 24, 2010 after 4 months without a recall. closed
What NHTSA says
Source: Office of Defects Investigation, as filedSee Attached Closing Report.
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 closed without a recall. That means NHTSA found no defect trend it chose to act on at the time, or the manufacturer addressed the condition another way (a service campaign or a bulletin, which have their own pages). A closed file can be reopened if new reports arrive.
Model years it names
Source: as NHTSA filed themAlso named: 2005 Dodge Magnum.
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 PE10024 a recall?
No. A preliminary evaluation 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 PE10024 still open?
No. It closed on Nov 24, 2010 without a recall.
Which vehicles does PE10024 cover?
NHTSA opened it on 1 model year: 2005 Dodge Magnum. That is the scope of the inquiry, not a list of affected vehicles; a recall, if one follows, defines its own population by VIN.