Heil preliminary evaluation PE10039
Python Lift - Inadvertent Operation. NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened this preliminary evaluation about the hinge and attachments on 4 model years (2006–2009). Opened Sep 30, 2010, closed Dec 16, 2010 after 3 months. It led to safety recall 10V590000. became a recall
What NHTSA says
Source: Office of Defects Investigation, as filedODI sent Heil Environmental an Information Request letter on 6 October 2010. After reviewing the letter and subsequent discussions with ODI, Heil decided to issue a safety recall pertaining to 2,201 units built from calendar year 2004 through 2010. They submitted a 573 Defect Report to NHTSA on 22 November 2010. Heil is unaware of any accidents or injuries related to this problem. Therefore this investigation is closed and Heil was excused from answering ODI's information request.
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: 2006 Heil CP Python; 2007 Heil CP Python; 2008 Heil CP Python; 2009 Heil CP Python.
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 PE10039 a recall?
No — it is the investigation that led to one. Recall 10V590000 is the campaign; its page carries the remedy.
Is PE10039 still open?
No. It closed on Dec 16, 2010 and led to recall 10V590000.
Which vehicles does PE10039 cover?
NHTSA opened it on 4 model years: 2006 Heil CP Python, 2007 Heil CP Python, 2008 Heil CP Python, 2009 Heil CP Python. That is the scope of the inquiry, not a list of affected vehicles; a recall, if one follows, defines its own population by VIN.