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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 150 / Monday, August 9, 2021 / Notices
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failure of the reverse lights to illuminate when shifting the vehicle into reverse.
The petitioner described the fault as detachment of the actuator inside the manual transmission. This led to a failure of the actuator to make contact with the reversing light switch which is threaded into the transmission from the outside.
4. Office of Defects Investigation Analysis The reversing lights provide a warning to other drivers and pedestrians when the vehicle is reversing. The reversing lights also provide some illumination for the driver when reversing at night. Failure of the reversing lights can cause an increased hazard to the vehicle, its occupants, surrounding vehicles and nearby pedestrians.
As of April 14, 2021, NHTSA has identified only one consumer complaint alleging a failure of the reversing lights in NHTSAs database. This complaint was received from the petitioner.
Neither NHTSA nor Porsche have received any allegations of crashes or injuries associated with the failure of the reversing lights to illuminate.
Porsche determined that the reversing lights on the MY 20122015 Porsche Carrera vehicles were becoming inoperative due to the failure of the transmission side actuation mechanism.
Porsche determined the weld between the shift rod and the stopper plate was below manufacturing specifications in some vehicles due to production weld process variations. Porsche modified production weld specifications to improve the strength and consistency of the weld joint between the shift rod and stopper plate.
In January 2021, Porsche initiated a Service Action 228/20 on MY 2012
2015 Porsche Carrera vehicles with active notification of potentially affected customers to remedy the reversing light failure in the affected vehicles.
Warranty coverage on the affected components has been extended to 15
years from the new vehicle delivery date with unlimited mileage. Porsche will replace the transmission in the affected vehicles with a new transmission with the modified weld specifications for the shift rod-stopper plate joint. NHTSA
believes there is a high likelihood that many affected vehicles will be remedied with this action.
After thoroughly assessing the material submitted by the petitioner, information already in NHTSAs possession, information submitted by Porsche in response to an Information Request letter and the potential risks to safety implicated by the petitioners
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allegation, as well as Service Action 228/20 initiated by Porsche offering extended warranty coverage, NHTSA
does not believe that a formal investigation is warranted. After full consideration of appropriate factors, the petition is denied.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30162d;
delegations of authority at CFR 1.50 and 501.8.
Joseph Kolly, Acting, Associate Administrator for Enforcement.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Docket No. NHTSA20190105

Denial of Motor Vehicle Defect Petition, DP19004
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA, Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Denial of petition for a defect investigation.
AGENCY:

On September 19, 2019, Mr.
Roger Hogan the petitioner submitted a defect petition to NHTSAs Office of Defects Investigation ODI. The petition requested that the Agency investigate and recall certain Toyota Prius, Prius PHV, Camry Hybrid and Avalon Hybrid vehicles for a brake actuator solenoid valve wear condition that is currently covered under Toyota Customer Support Programs CSPs ZJB and ZKK
subject CSPs. NHTSA opened Defect Petition DP19004 to evaluate the petitioners request. Subsequently the petitioner informed NHTSA that he was withdrawing the petition. Since the petitioner has withdrawn the petition, we are denying the petition as moot.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Kareem Habib, Vehicle Defects DivisionD, Office of Defects Investigation, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20590
telephone 2023668703.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By letter dated September 19, 2019, Mr. Roger Hogan the petitioner submitted a petition requesting that the Agency investigate and recall certain Toyota Prius, Prius PHV, Camry Hybrid and Avalon Hybrid vehicles for a brake actuator solenoid valve wear condition that is currently covered under Toyota Customer Support Programs ZJB and ZKK subject CSPs. Interested persons may petition NHTSA requesting that the SUMMARY:

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agency initiate an investigation to determine whether a motor vehicle or item of replacement equipment does not comply with an applicable motor vehicle safety standard or contains a defect that relates to motor vehicle safety 49 U.S.C. 30162a2; 49 CFR
552.1. Upon receipt of a properly filed petition, the Agency conducts a technical review of the petition, material submitted with the petition and any additional information 49 CFR
552.6. After conducting the technical review and considering appropriate factors, which may include, but are not limited to, the nature of the complaint, allocation of Agency resources, Agency priorities, the likelihood of uncovering sufficient evidence to establish the existence of a defect, and the likelihood of success in any necessary enforcement litigation, the Agency will grant or deny the petition. See 49 CFR 552.8.
The petition alleged that Toyota conducted safety recalls D0H and K0L
NHTSA recalls 13V235 and 19V544
to remedy safety defects in the same component covered by the subject CSPs and that Toyota should also recall the subject vehicles. In support, the petition identified 117 NHTSA complaints subject complaints allegedly related to the subject CSP condition, including 60
reported crashes.1
On September 30, 2019, ODI opened Defect Petition DP19004 to evaluate the petitioners request for an investigation. The petitioner subsequently notified the Agency that he was withdrawing his petition.
Because the petitioner has withdrawn the petition, we are denying the petition as moot.
NHTSA is authorized to issue an order requiring notification and remedy of a defect if the Agencys investigation shows a defect in the design, construction, or performance of a motor vehicle that presents an unreasonable risk to safety. 49 U.S.C. 30102a9, 30118. Because the petitioner has with withdrawn the petition, the petition is denied as moot. This action does not constitute a finding by NHTSA that a safety-related defect does not exist. The Agency notes that it is not required to receive a defect petition prior to opening a defect investigation and will take further action if warranted by future circumstances.
1 Because the petition is moot, ODI has not confirmed that the complaints identified in the petition relate to the CSP condition as alleged by the petitioner.

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