| Subject: | Risk of rollover |
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| Investigations Summary: | Cu attorney (nancy perkins, arnold & porter) and odi agreed that an extension in the petition review process will be necessary to allow odi time to conduct a proper review of the new material submitted by cu on December 23, 1996. Therefore, the new due date will be April 21, 1997. Consumers union (cu) petitioned the agency to open an investigation to determine whether the 1995 and 1996 model isuzu trooper and Acura slx vehicles are defective within the meaning of 49 u. S. C. Chapter 301. Specifically, cu alleged that testing demonstrated a dangerous propensity of the subject vehicles to roll over while performing a dynamic steering maneuver to avoid emergancy situations. |
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