| Subject: | Discrepancies in required cfr reporting |
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| Investigations Summary: | During a review of Volvo trucks (Volvo) 2016, 4th quarter ewr field report submissions, odi discovered, multiple communications that had not been submitted to the agency under cfr 579. 5 ewr reporting requirements. Also, during a review of the nova lfs transit bus (a subsidiary of the Volvo group) recall 17v-323 odi became concerned Volvo may not have acted with appropriate speed in making a defect determination and filing the recall with the agency. Based on a review of these issues with Volvo, their compliance office agreed to conduct an internal audit of all required reporting and found the following:1. Various forms of communications including, service bulletins, tech tips, case base reasoning reports and other data were not submitted. 2. Reporting of some death and injury reports (d&I) had been overlooked and not submittedthis investigation will examine whether Volvo acted in conformance with its responsibilities under the safety act. |
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