Tiffin preliminary evaluation PE12004
Diminished Brake Performance. NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened this preliminary evaluation about the caliper on 2 model years (2006–2007). Opened Feb 17, 2012, closed Aug 17, 2012 after 6 months. It led to safety recall 12V242000, 12V278000, 12V280000, 12V314000, 12V327000, 12V366000, 12V371000. became a recall
What NHTSA says
Source: Office of Defects Investigation, as filedDaimler Truck has issued 12V-242. See ODI closing report for further details. The associated VOQs are: 10442468, 10442861, 10442879, and 10454022 (Model Year 2008).
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 Tiffin Allegro BAY; 2007 Tiffin Allegro BAY.
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 PE12004 a recall?
No — it is the investigation that led to one. Recall 12V242000, 12V278000, 12V280000, 12V314000, 12V327000, 12V366000, 12V371000 is the campaign; its page carries the remedy.
Is PE12004 still open?
No. It closed on Aug 17, 2012 and led to recall 12V242000, 12V278000, 12V280000, 12V314000, 12V327000, 12V366000, 12V371000.
Which vehicles does PE12004 cover?
NHTSA opened it on 2 model years: 2006 Tiffin Allegro BAY, 2007 Tiffin Allegro BAY. That is the scope of the inquiry, not a list of affected vehicles; a recall, if one follows, defines its own population by VIN.