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The remaining 6.8 million vehicles were recalled after N.H.T.S.A. began a defect investigation.
Typically, the agency begins a defect investigation after receiving a number of consumer complaints at its Web site.
Under federal regulations, if a defect petition is filed, the safety agency must consider whether to open a defect investigation.
On Thursday, the Transportation Department said that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration had completed its defect investigation of Firestone tires and informed the company of the results.
In April, the agency responded to complaints of similar failures from owners of other Ram models and opened a defect investigation.
A federal defect investigation can take months to complete, and could include crash tests of the vehicle well beyond the ordinary government testing done on cars before introduction.
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Over its six defect investigations, agency investigators never met with Japanese executives, only Toyota officials in the United States.
Safety defect investigations by regulators are common, and many end with no finding of a defect.
The NHTSA's defect investigations are up against many other agency initiatives.
Concerns about how defect investigations are carried out is an old issue.
The agency has six defect investigations under way involving the Focus, the seventh-best-selling car in the United States through May.
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