NHTSA safety investigation
NHTSA Investigation PE87008
Preliminary Evaluation · BEALL TRANSLINER OF OREGN · SUSPENSION
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
FAILURE
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION FROM MANUFACTURER:ROCKWELL REPORTED THAT MODELS TN& TQ TRAILER AXLES WERE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH NEWAY RC-122 SUSPENSION.LOADSIMPOSED UPON THOSE AXLES BY THE SUSPENSION WERE TOO GREAT FOR SUCCESSFULOPERATION DURING THE LIFE OF THE TRAILER.SIX FINAL STAGE MANUFACTURERSUTILIZING THE ABOVE COMBINATION CONDUCTED SAFETY RECALLS.FRUEHAUF ALSOCONDUCTED A SAFETY RECALL FOR SIMILAR REASONS.EATON CORPORATION NOWSTATES THAT THEY ARE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND WILL SUBMIT AWARNING LETTER ON THIS SUBJECT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.ANALYSIS:SEVEN OF THE KNOWN MANUFACTURERS HAVE CONDUCTED APPROPRIATESAFETY RECALLS.TWO ADDITIONAL MANUFACTURERS ARE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEOFFICE OF CHIEF COUNSEL.THREE OTHER MANUFACTURERS INVOLVED MAY BE OUT OFBUSINESS.PROPOSED ACTION:UPGRADE TO AN EA.EVALUATE EATON'S FORTHCOMING LETTER.===
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
- PE87008
- Investigation type
- Preliminary Evaluation (PE)
- Status
- Closed
- Manufacturer
- BEALL TRANSLINER OF OREGN
- Component
- SUSPENSION
- Opened
- Dec 15, 1986
- Closed
- Apr 15, 1987
- Associated recall campaign
- 86V169000
Vehicles named in this investigation
12 model years across 10 models
- Beall Trailers
- Clement Clement
- Clough MC306
- Fruehauf Fruehauf
- Jl Tank Jl Tank
- Neway Neway
- Paramount Tank Trailers
- Weld-It Tank Trailers
- West Mark West Mark
- Western Tank Trailers
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.