NHTSA safety investigation
NHTSA Investigation PE15004
Preliminary Evaluation · Stallion Bus And Transit Corp. · SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
An investigation is not a finding that a defect exists.
NHTSA opens an investigation to examine whether a safety defect may exist. An open investigation is not a determination that a defect exists, and many investigations close without a recall. Investigations can, however, lead to one.
What NHTSA is examining
The agency's own description of the inquiry, quoted as published
Seat Belt Buckle Inoperative
The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) was in contact with a fleet that experienced multiple incidents of driver and passenger seatbelt buckle assemblies failing to unlatch.The seatbelts, manufactured by Taizhou TIANDA Rope and Belt Co, are original equipment on certain Stallion 900 motorcoaches.Preliminary evaluation suggested that two significantly different buckle assembly designs exist for a single part number 67RB1-04021.At the time of this investigation, failures appear to be limited to the earlier design. Shortly after opening this investigation, Taizhou Tianda Rope & Belt Co. Ltd decided to recall the earlier design buckles with safety recall 15E-016.An information request letter was not delivered before the recall was announced.Based on this action by the manufacturer, this investigation is closed.The ODI reports cited above can be reviewed at www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchNHTSAID under the following identification (ODI) numbers: 10631019, 10632409, 10633199 and 10633213.
An investigation is a separate record from a recall and from a manufacturer communication. A manufacturer campaign to repair a safety defect or a failure to meet a federal safety standard.
Investigation details
Identifiers, dates and outcome as recorded by NHTSA
- Action number
- PE15004
- Investigation type
- Preliminary Evaluation (PE)
- Status
- Closed
- Manufacturer
- Stallion Bus And Transit Corp.
- Component
- SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
- Opened
- Feb 3, 2015
- Closed
- May 27, 2015
- Associated recall campaign
- 15E016000
Vehicles named in this investigation
1 model year across 1 model
Being named here means NHTSA included the vehicle in the scope of its inquiry. It is not a statement that these vehicles have a defect.