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The government is investigating the Dodge Sprinter van after getting reports that the tires can deflate unexpectedly, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported.


The government is investigating the Dodge Sprinter van after getting reports that the tires can deflate (file format, compression) deflate - A compression standard derived from LZ77; it is reportedly used in zip, gzip, PKZIP, and png, among others.

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 unexpectedly, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA, often pronounced "nit-suh") is an agency of the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government, part of the Department of Transportation.  reported. The investigation involves Sprinter vans from the 2003 and 2004 model years, including approximately ap·prox·i·mate  
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 16,397 vans on the road. Five people reported that one or more tire valves failed on their vans, causing the tires to deflate without warning.
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Title Annotation:Corporate Financial News
Publication:Rubber World
Date:Nov 1, 2004
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