NHTSA safety investigation
NHTSA Investigation PE88061
Preliminary Evaluation · Mack Trucks, Inc. · SEATS
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 TETHER FAILURE
SUMMARY: TRUCK DRIVER REPORTS SEAT TEATHERS ARE NOT PROPERLY ADJUSTED AT FACTORY, ALLOWING SEAT TO HINGE FORWARD IN A COLLISION. TEATHERS ACT AS RESTRAINERS, AND IF IMPROPERLY ADJUSTED SEAT BELT IS USELESS AS IT IS ATTACHED TO THE SEAT. DURING SUDDEN DECELERATION OR COLLISION THE WHOLE ASSEMBLY HINGES FORWARD ALLOWING POSSIBLE FACIAL CONTACT WITH THE WINDSHIELD.===
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
- PE88061
- Investigation type
- Preliminary Evaluation (PE)
- Status
- Closed
- Manufacturer
- Mack Trucks, Inc.
- Component
- SEATS
- Opened
- Jun 21, 1988
- Closed
- Sep 12, 1988
- Associated recall campaign
- 88V147000
Vehicles named in this investigation
2 model years 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.