Polaris preliminary evaluation PE17005
Seatbelt Retractor Failure. NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened this preliminary evaluation about the anchorage on 5 model years (2015–2019). Opened Sep 18, 2017, closed Mar 25, 2019 after 18 months. It led to safety recall 18V531000. became a recall
What NHTSA says
Source: Office of Defects Investigation, as filedSee attached closing resume summary.
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: 2015 Polaris Slingshot; 2016 Polaris Slingshot; 2017 Polaris Slingshot; 2018 Polaris Slingshot; 2019 Polaris Slingshot.
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 PE17005 a recall?
No — it is the investigation that led to one. Recall 18V531000 is the campaign; its page carries the remedy.
Is PE17005 still open?
No. It closed on Mar 25, 2019 and led to recall 18V531000.
Which vehicles does PE17005 cover?
NHTSA opened it on 5 model years: 2015 Polaris Slingshot, 2016 Polaris Slingshot, 2017 Polaris Slingshot, 2018 Polaris Slingshot, 2019 Polaris Slingshot. That is the scope of the inquiry, not a list of affected vehicles; a recall, if one follows, defines its own population by VIN.