NHTSA Ends Investigation Of GM Trucks & SUVs But Warns Northern Drivers About ... - The Car Connection
Over four years ago, in January of 2011, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration launched an investigation of GM trucks and SUVs from model years 1999 to 2003. Yesterday, the agency closed that investigation, but it has issued a... The investigation ultimately included 2,702 complaints about premature brake-line corrosion in those vehicles. The investigation was focused on salt-belt states -- that is, northern states that use salts to de-ice roadways in winter. The list of states included were Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, and... However, in this case, the agency's Office of Defects Investigation couldn't find a common defect that was causing brake-line failures. "ODI’s investigation did not identify any specific defect conditions that were causing or contributing to the brake pipe failures. Nor did the analysis isolate the problem to any subject vehicle sub-populations when analyzed by vehicle type or production range. The investigation found that vehicles experiencing brake pipe corrosion failures were likely to have. Source: www.thecarconnection.com
