NHTSA safety investigation
NHTSA Investigation SQ99019
Investigation · LEISURE TRAVEL VANS · PARKING BRAKE
This investigation is open. That 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
IMPROPER FUNCTIONING OF THE EMER BRAKE
ON APRIL 7, 1999, LEISURE TRAVEL VANS ISSUED A CANADIAN SAFETY RECALL FOR 1996-1997 LEISURE FREEDOM WIDE BODY VANS.A PROTECTIVE SHIELD WAS NOT MODIFIED IN THE APPROPRIATE MANNER AND CAN IMPEDE THE PARKING BRAKE BRACKET.THIS INVESTIGATION IS OPENED TO ACQUIRE INFORMATION CONCERNING THE POPULATION, PROBLEM EXPERIENCE, AND THE REASONING FOR LEISURE TO NOT CONDUCT A SAFETY RECALL FOR THESE VEHICLES IN THE UNITED STATES.
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
- SQ99019
- Investigation type
- Investigation (SQ)
- Status
- Open
- Manufacturer
- LEISURE TRAVEL VANS
- Component
- PARKING BRAKE
- Opened
- Jun 29, 1999
- Closed
- Not recorded
- Associated recall campaign
- 99V185000
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.