Honda preliminary evaluation PE14032
Motorcycle Stalling. NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened this preliminary evaluation about the fuel injection system on 3 model years (2011–2013). Opened Oct 29, 2014, closed Mar 18, 2015 after 5 months without a recall. closed
What NHTSA says
Source: Office of Defects Investigation, as filedFirst produced on January 16, 2011, Honda's CBR250R entry-level motorcycle (the subject vehicle) remained in production until being replaced by the MY 2015 CBR300R. In May, 2011, Honda received its first complaint (a field report) concerning subject vehicle engine stalling while decelerating. Honda began a root cause assessment and, in September, 2012, concluded the stalling was due to improperly adjusted engine exhaust and intake valves during engine assembly. Production changes were made to address this issue. The data indicate that subject vehicle engines built with insufficient valve clearances were being corrected during the 600-mile service per the owner's manual maintenance schedule which includes a valve clearance check and adjust. All of the stalling events involved subject vehicles that had not yet had that service completed and most occurred shortly after purchase. ODI's review of Honda's data shows a sharp decline in stalling reports:MY2011 - 48 reports / 43 received prior to October, 2012; MY2012 - 17 reports / 13 received prior to February, 2013; and MY2013 - 5 reports /4 received prior to November, 2013. With the sharp decrease in complaints after February, 2013, no defect trend has been identified, therefore, this investigation is closed. The ODI reports cited above can be reviewed at:http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchNHTSAID using the following complaint identification numbers: 10658684, 10585591, 10579375, 10523178, 10505549, 10480058, 10479757, 10470072, 10439045, 10436627
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: 2011 Honda CBR250R; 2012 Honda CBR250R; 2013 Honda CBR250R.
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 PE14032 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 PE14032 still open?
No. It closed on Mar 18, 2015 without a recall.
Which vehicles does PE14032 cover?
NHTSA opened it on 3 model years: 2011 Honda CBR250R, 2012 Honda CBR250R, 2013 Honda CBR250R. That is the scope of the inquiry, not a list of affected vehicles; a recall, if one follows, defines its own population by VIN.