NHTSA safety investigation
NHTSA Investigation PE86055
Preliminary Evaluation · Maserati North America, Inc. · VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
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
FIRES
ANALYSIS:THE CENTER FOR AUTO SAFETY FORWARDED ONE CONSUMER COMPLAINT.THE OWNER REPORTED THE OCCURRENCE OF TWO FIRES AT DIFFERENT TIMES OFUNDETERMINED ORIGIN IN THE REAR OF THE CAR.THE LATEST FIRE RESULTED INFUME INHALATION BY HIS SIX-YEAR OLD GRANDSON WITH SUBSEQUENT MEDICALTREATMENT.BECAUSE OF THE SMALL VEHICLE POPULATION AND THE COMPLAINANT'SALLEGATION THAT HE HAS BEEN TOLD, THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED SITUATION,RE THE MASERATI BITURBO MODEL, FURTHER INVESTIGATION IS WARRANTED.PROPOSED ACTION:OPEN A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION AND SEND AN INFORMATIONREQUEST.
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
- PE86055
- Investigation type
- Preliminary Evaluation (PE)
- Status
- Closed
- Manufacturer
- Maserati North America, Inc.
- Component
- VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
- Opened
- May 12, 1986
- Closed
- Aug 28, 1986
- Associated recall campaign
- None recorded
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.