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Smyth Performance- Intern
WOW! They are squeezing Mercedes for every drop of information they have about HPFPs, lubrication, testing, design, etc. The list of questions is incredibly thorough!There's a new document out on the NHTSA site that has the VW Engineering Analysis (EA11003)
This document requests information on HPFP failures from Mercedes Benz.
//http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/docservlet/Artemis/Public/Pursuits/2011/EA/INPR-EA11003-48540.pdf
Not sure why NHTSA is expanding their analysis to include other manufacturers. My guess is that they want to determine if Mercedes Benz is having similar issues with HPFP failures, in order to narrow down the cause of the VW issue.
My hat is off to Frank S Borris, (Director of "Office of Defects Invesitgation) and Jeff Quandt, (the investigating engineer.) Nice work, fellas!