RESOUR> The Federal Government Knows About That Defect in Your Family Car

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From: "David P. Dillard" <jwne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 10:39:56 -0500 (EST)

If that rattle in your car that you have been hearing is more than just a
loose bolt and is happening to your car's brothers and sisters, the United
States Government may have a bulletin on file about that problem.

Office of Defects Investigation
Technical Service Bulletins Database
<http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/tsb/>

Please note that documents, which are summarized on database searches, may
be ordered from NHTSA Technical Information Services. Fees are involved in
providing these documents.

The first step in using this resource:

SELECT THE TYPE OF SEARCH

   Vehicle                      Equipment
   Child Safety Seat              Tires

If you select vehicle, for example, you will then be asked to Select a year:

Once you select a year, you will then be prompted to select a manufacturer:

If you select Ford, for example, you will then be prompted to select a
Ford model of car

Once that selection is made the user has the option to view all Ford
defect reports for that model, such as Escort, by way of example, or one
can further search by automobile component such as engine to further
narrow the results.

Using Escort of Ford as an example, here is a specific result listing for
which a full report may be ordered:

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Make:  FORD  Model:  ESCORT  Year:  1998

Service Bulletin Number:  14993  Bulletin Sequence Number:  622 Date of
Bulletin:  06/01

NHTSA Item Number:  622804
Component:  SUSPENSION:SINGLE AXLE:REAR
Summary:
SOME VEHICLES PRODUCED THROUGH JULY 1999 MAY EXHIBIT REAR SUSPENSION
SPRING

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To search for information in general about Transportation, the United
States Federal Government also provides a database of articles and other
publications and documents that are relevant to all forms of transportation.

TRIS Online contains 467,000 records of published transportation research.
This database is provided by the United States Department of
Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

TRIS
http://199.79.179.82/sundev/search.cfm

The database contains documents from 1998 to the latest update.  A search
of Ford Escort produces this one record in the database:

Criteria: FORD AND ESCORT Search Period: 1998 - present

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ID: 00791307
Title: COSMETIC REPAIR PARTS: SPECIAL ISSUE
Language: English
Journal Title: Status Report
Volume: 35 Issue: 2
Publication Date: 02/19/2000
Pagination: 8p
ISSN: 0018988X
Publisher/Corporate Author(s):
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
1005 N Glebe Road
Arlington, VA 22201-
USA
Abstract:
This special issue focuses on the safety of cosmetic repair parts from
competing suppliers. A new test of a Toyota Camry from which the front end
cosmetic parts were removed is used for demonstrating that car's
crashworthiness is not influenced by whether or not a vehicle's cosmetic
parts are on the car or removed. Two other tests are cited in the report,
a Ford Escort test and a Vauxhall Astra test. The results of these three
tests clearly show the irrelevance of safety to crash parts debate. Only
the hood of the car could influence safety, but even there, the part could
be an aftermarket purchase rather than original equipment.

Index Terms:
Crashworthiness, Repairing, Safety, Vehicle body parts, Suppliers,
Insurance claims
Available from:
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
1005 N Glebe Road
Arlington, VA 22201-
USA

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Sincerely,
David Dillard Research Librarian
david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ECP RingLeader
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Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx




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