WASHINGTON, April 14 -- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a notice called: Denial of Motor Vehicle Defect Petition, DP25-001.
The notice was published in the Federal Register on April 14 by Eileen Sullivan, Associate Administrator for Enforcement.
Summary: This notice sets forth the reasons for the denial of a defect petition (DP25-001) submitted by Mr. Luis Armando Vega on August 14, 2025, requesting that the Agency initiate a safety defect investigation into premature degradation and detachment of the plastic underbody shields on Model Year (MY) 2020 Ford Explorer vehicles manufactured by Ford Motor Company. After conducting a technical review of the petition and other information, NHTSA's Office of Defects Inves...