The office of defect investigation (ODI) has investigated allegations of power steering assist fluctuations in the subject vehicles.for details and a basis for the investigation conclusions, please see the closing report in the EA99-011 public file.ODI has not identified a safety-related defect trend in the subject vehicle population.futher expenditure of Agency resources on this subject does not appear to be warranted at this time.the closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by NHTSA that no safety-related defect exists.the Agency reserves the right to take further action if warranted by the circumstances.the engineering is closed.
