COMP.DBF		
Updated June 2005		
		
Complaints Data:		

The complaints file contains all safety-related defect complaints 
received by NHTSA since January 1, 1995. 						

FIELDNAME	TYPE/LENGTH	DESCRIPTION
CMPLID		CHAR(9)		NHTSA's INTERNAL SEQUENCE NUMBER
ODINO		CHAR(9)		NHTSA'S INTERNAL REFERENCE NUMBER.  THIS NUMBER MAY BE REPEATED FOR MULTIPLE COMPONENTS.
MFR_NAME	CHAR(40)	MANUFACTURER'S NAME
MAKETXT		CHAR(25)	VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT MAKE
MODELTXT	CHAR(25)	VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT MODEL
YEARTXT		CHAR(4)		MODEL YEAR, 9999 IF UNKNOWN or N/A
CRASH		CHAR(1)		WAS VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A CRASH, 'Y' OR 'N'
FAILDATE	CHAR(8)		DATE OF INCIDENT (YYYYMMDD)
FAIL_DATE	DATE(8)		NICAR-created field, converted to date format
FIRE		CHAR(1)		WAS VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A FIRE 'Y' OR 'N'
INJURED		NUMBER(2)	NUMBER OF PERSONS INJURED
DEATHS		NUMBER(2)	NUMBER OF FATALITIES
COMPDESC	CHAR(128)	SPECIFIC COMPONENT'S DESCRIPTION
CITY		CHAR(30)	CONSUMER'S CITY
STATE		CHAR(2)		CONSUMER'S STATE
VIN		CHAR(17)	VEHICLE'S VIN#
DATEA		CHAR(8)		DATE ADDED TO FILE (YYYYMMDD)
DATE_A		DATE(8)		NICAR-created field, converted to date format
LDATE		CHAR(8)		DATE COMPLAINT RECEIVED BY NHTSA (YYYYMMDD)
L_DATE		DATE(8)		NICAR-created field, converted to date format
MILES		NUMBER(6)	VEHICLE MILEAGE
OCCURENCES	NUMBER(4)	NUMBER OF OCCURRENCES
CDESCR		MEMO		DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPLAINT