Transport i infrastruktura · 26.09.1994
Certification
This notice denies a petition for rulemaking submitted by the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) concerning vehicle identification numbers (VINs). One of this agency's Federal motor vehicle safety standards requires all motor vehicles to have a VIN. In addition, NHTSA's certification regulation requires the certification label on each motor vehicle to bear that vehicle's VIN. AAMVA suggested that NHTSA amend its certification regulation to require the VIN of each trailer to be marked in a second location on the trailer to ensure the VIN is present on the vehicle in the event the certification label becomes illegible or lost. The petitioner also believes marking the VIN in a second location will help state officials find the VIN during vehicle inspections. NHTSA is denying the petition because the agency has an ongoing rulemaking on the issue of improving the permanency and legibility of vehicle certification labels on trailers and other motor vehicles. Since those labels include the VIN, possible improvements to certification labels would address petitioner's concerns about the permanency and legibility of the VIN.