# NHTSA Engineering Analysis EA98020
> **INADEQUATE WELDING QUALITY CONTROL SEATS** · Opened 1998-08-31 · Closed 1998-12-03
## Investigation
- **Action number:** EA98020
- **Type:** Engineering Analysis
- **Open date:** 1998-08-31
- **Close date:** 1998-12-03
- **Manufacturer:** CARPENTER INDUSTRIES, INC.
- **Affected makes:** CARPENTER
- **Affected components:** SEATS
- **Affected model years:** 1996, 1997
- **Affected (make, year) variants:** 2
## Source
- [NHTSA ODI investigation page](https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchResults?searchType=ID&targetCategory=I&searchCriteria.nhtsa_ids=EA98020)
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