Wheeled Coach preliminary evaluation PE14035
Loss of Instrument Cluster Functions. NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened this preliminary evaluation about the instrument cluster/panel on 1 model year (2010). Opened Nov 21, 2014, closed May 22, 2015 after 6 months. It led to safety recall 15V120000. became a recall
What NHTSA says
Source: Office of Defects Investigation, as filedOn November 21st 2014 the Office of Defects Investigations (ODI) opened Preliminary Evaluation PE14-035 on Wheeled Coach model year 2012 Business Class M2 ambulances. According to EWR reports the transmission control pad would fail, emergency lights would flash randomly on the cab/chassis, complete loss of the instrument cluster, and windshield wipers turning on without the ability to turn them off. Without cab or instrument lighting, the EMS responders are unable to complete their mission and service patients. On January 13th 2015 the manufacture supplied two exemplar subject vehicles for inspection. During this inspection Wheeled Coach representatives identified a remedy implemented on one of the defective vehicles. This remedy involved the installation of dedicated power and ground source wires to the computer controlling dash functions, lighting, and the transmission function pad. After this repair was completed the problem was shown to be resolved. With Wheeled Coach's safety recall 15V-120 implementing the remedy displayed during the field inspection, this investigation is closed.
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: 2010 Wheeled Coach Emergency Vehicle Type II.
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 PE14035 a recall?
No — it is the investigation that led to one. Recall 15V120000 is the campaign; its page carries the remedy.
Is PE14035 still open?
No. It closed on May 22, 2015 and led to recall 15V120000.
Which vehicles does PE14035 cover?
NHTSA opened it on 1 model year: 2010 Wheeled Coach Emergency Vehicle Type II. That is the scope of the inquiry, not a list of affected vehicles; a recall, if one follows, defines its own population by VIN.