| Subject: | Gwinnett place nissan / quest recall |
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| Investigations Summary: | NHTSA is opening this audit query in order to determine whether gwinnett place Nissan of duluth, georgia, has complied with the requirements of the national traffic and motor vehicle safety act. The safety act requires, among other things, that a manufacturer notify its dealers of defects related to motor vehicle safety and noncompliances with federal motor vehicle safety standards and in turn that a dealer not sell a new vehicle subject to a recall unless the recall remedy has been performed. 49 u. S. C. § 30120(I). NHTSA is in receipt of information that alleges this dealer sold and delivered at least one new vehicle to a first purchaser without having remedied safety defects. Accordingly, we are opening this audit query to seek information concerning these allegations and to verify whether improper sales were made. The recall included in this audit is NHTSA recall no. 12v-076. |
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Defect investigation of rear suspension control arm failure
Defect investigation of steering column separation
Defect investigation of air bag inflator rupture