Honda preliminary evaluation PE10047
Driver's Master Power Window Switch. NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened this preliminary evaluation about the electrical system on 2 model years (2005–2006). Opened Nov 22, 2010, closed Apr 15, 2011 after 5 months. It led to safety recall 11V456000. became a recall
What NHTSA says
Source: Office of Defects Investigation, as filedThis investigation was opened based on three Vehicle Owner's Questionnaire reports alleging smoke and fire occurred inside of the driver's door. The complainants reported that the master power window switch and, in some cases its wiring harness, had sustained heat related damage and required replacement. Since opening the investigation the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) has received two additional reports. The reports provided by Honda in response to ODI's Information Request appear consistent with ODI's Vehicle Owner's Questionnaire reports. Based on the information provided by Honda in response to this preliminary evaluation and its ongoing analysis, the investigation will be upgraded to engineering analysis EA11-004 to further study the issue.
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 Honda CR-V; 2006 Honda CR-V.
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 PE10047 a recall?
No — it is the investigation that led to one. Recall 11V456000 is the campaign; its page carries the remedy.
Is PE10047 still open?
No. It closed on Apr 15, 2011 and led to recall 11V456000.
Which vehicles does PE10047 cover?
NHTSA opened it on 2 model years: 2005 Honda CR-V, 2006 Honda CR-V. That is the scope of the inquiry, not a list of affected vehicles; a recall, if one follows, defines its own population by VIN.