Transport i bezpieczeństwo · 19.05.1999

Defect and Noncompliance Reports; Defect and Noncompliance Notification

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is seeking additional public comment with respect to its ongoing rulemaking to implement the provisions of Chapter 301 of Title 49 of the United States Code (U.S.C.) that require manufacturers of motor vehicles and items of motor vehicle equipment to notify their dealers when they or NHTSA decide that vehicles or items of equipment contain a defect related to motor vehicle safety or do not comply with a Federal motor vehicle safety standard. The amendment proposed herein would require a manufacturer to furnish dealers with notification of a safety-related defect or noncompliance in accordance with a schedule that is to be submitted to the agency with the manufacturer's defect or noncompliance report. The notification would have to be within a reasonable time after the manufacturer decides that the defect or noncompliance exists. However, if the agency finds that the public interest requires dealers to be notified at an earlier date than that proposed by the manufacturer, the manufacturer would be required to notify its dealers in accordance with the agency's order. The proposed amendment also sets forth the required content