Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Years: 20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013[FR Doc 03-31890] 1.Reforming the Automobile Fuel Economy Standards Program
This document seeks comment on various issues relating to the corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) program. In particular, this document seeks comments relating to possible enhancements to the program that will assist in furthering fuel conservation while protecting motor vehicle safety and the economic vitality of the auto industry. The agency is
Published: 2003-12-29 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[FR Doc 03-31891] 2.Reforming the Automobile Fuel Economy Standards Program; Request for Product
The purpose of this request for comments is to acquire information regarding vehicle manufacturers' future product plans to assist the agency in analyzing possible reforms to the corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) program which are discussed in a companion notice published today. The agency is seeking information that will help it assess the effect
Published: 2003-12-29 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[FR Doc 03-31753] 3. Denial of Motor Vehicle Defect Petition, DP03-004
This notice sets forth the reasons for the denial of a petition submitted to NHTSA under 49 U.S.C. 30162, requesting that the agency investigate alleged increased vehicle stopping distance due to certain failures of the EC17, Version 2.3 (EC17), antilock braking system electronic control unit (ABS ECU) and the Dura Drain M12 modulator (M12), both
Published: 2003-12-24 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[FR Doc 03-31392] 4. Michelin North America, Inc., Receipt of Petition for Decision of
Michelin North America, Inc. (Michelin), has determined that
certain tires it manufactured do not comply with S4.3(d) of 49 CFR
571.109, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 109, ``New
pneumatic tires.'' Michelin has filed an appropriate report pursuant to 49 CFR Part 573, ``Defect and Noncompliance Reports.''
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Published: 2003-12-22 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[FR Doc 03-31490] 5. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Denial of Petition For Rulemaking
Based on the agency's evaluation, NHTSA denies a petition for rulemaking from the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (AAM) to amend S4(d) and S4(f)(4) of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 214, ``Side impact protection,'' which specifies the travel distance of the loading device in the quasistatic door crush test. NHTSA believes
Published: 2003-12-22 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[FR Doc 03-31419] 6. Notice of Receipt of Petition for Decision That Nonconforming 1996 Audi S6
This document announces receipt by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a petition for a decision that 1996 Audi S6 passenger cars that were not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards are eligible for importation into the United States because (1) they are substantially
Published: 2003-12-22 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[FR Doc 03-31420] 7. Notice of Receipt of Petition for Decision That Nonconforming 1979-1980
This document announces receipt by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a petition for a decision that 19791980 Volkswagen Transporter MPVs that were not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards are eligible for importation into the United States because (1) they are
Published: 2003-12-22 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[FR Doc 03-30830] 8. Notice of Receipt of Petition for Decision That Nonconforming 2000 Ford F150
This document announces receipt by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a petition for a decision that 2000 Ford F150 pickup trucks that were not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards are eligible for importation into the United States because (1) They are
Published: 2003-12-15 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[FR Doc 03-30831] 9. Notice of Receipt of Petition for Decision That Nonconforming 2003 Saab 9.3
This document announces receipt by the National Highway Traffic
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Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a petition for a decision that 2003
Saab 9.3 passenger cars that were not originally manufactured to comply
with all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards are eligible
for importation into the United States because (1) They
Published: 2003-12-15 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[FR Doc 03-30912] 10. Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc., Receipt of Petition for Decision of
Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. (Hyundai), has determined that the rims on certain vehicles that it produced in 2000 through 2003 do not comply with S5.2(a) and S5.2(c) of 49 CFR 571.120, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 120, ``Tire selection and rims for motor vehicles other than passenger cars.'' Hyundai has filed an
Published: 2003-12-15 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[FR Doc 03-30690] 11. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Occupant Crash Protection
This document denies a petition for rulemaking to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 208, ``Occupant Crash Protection,'' because it is redundant to pending rulemaking action by the agency.
Published: 2003-12-11 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[FR Doc 03-30693] 12. Insurer Reporting Requirements; Reports Under 49 U.S.C. on Section 33112(c)
This notice announces publication by NHTSA of the annual insurer report on motor vehicle theft for the 1997 reporting year. Section 33112(c) of title 49 of the U.S. Code, requires this information to be compiled periodically and published by the agency in a form that will be helpful to the public, the law enforcement community, and Congress. As
Published: 2003-12-11 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[FR Doc 03-30653] 13. Notice of Receipt of Petition for Decision That Nonconforming 2002 Ferrari
This document announces receipt by the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a petition for a decision that
2002 Ferrari 360 Spider and Coupe passenger cars manufactured from
September 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002 that were not originally manufactured to comply
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with all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety
Published: 2003-12-11 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[FR Doc 03-30689] 14. Petition for Exemption From the Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard; BMW
This notice grants in full the petition of BMW of North America, Inc., (BMW) for an exemption of a hightheft line, the BMW 6 vehicle line, from the partsmarking requirements of the vehicle theft prevention standard. This petition is granted because the agency has determined that the antitheft device to be placed on the line as standard equipment
Published: 2003-12-11 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[FR Doc 03-30379] 15. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Low Speed Vehicles
This proposal addresses two petitions for rulemaking regarding the exclusion of trucks from the definition of ``lowspeed vehicle'' (LSV). The proposed definition would expand the LSV class to include trucks, but would limit the class to small vehicles. In addition, the proposed definition is more complete than the current definition.
Published: 2003-12-08 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[FR Doc 03-30361] 16. Impaired Driving Integrated Project Team (IPT) Plan
This notice announces the availability of NHTSA's high
priority safety report describing the agency's current and planned
activities to address impaired driving. The report is available from
the Docket Management System, U.S. Department of Transportation, at
Published: 2003-12-08
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION :
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration This document announces the extension of the comment period on
a petition for NHTSA to decide that 2002 and 2003 Ferrari 575 passenger
cars that were not originally manufactured to comply with all
applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards are eligible for
importation into the United States. Published: 2003-12-05
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION :
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
General Motors Corporation (GM) has determined that certain model
year 2003 and 2004 Saturn Ion Sedan and Coupe vehicles it produced and
sold are not in full compliance with 49 CFR 571.118, Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 118, ``PowerOperated Window, Partition, and Roof Panel Systems.'' Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and Published: 2003-12-03
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION :
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (Goodyear) has determined that
certain tires it manufactured from 1998 to 2003 do not comply with
S6.5(f) of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 119, ``New pneumatic tires for vehicles other than passenger cars.'' Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 30120(h), Goodyear has
petitioned for a Published: 2003-12-03
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION :
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Hankook Tire America Corp. (Hankook Tire) has determined that
certain tires it produced in 2003 do not comply with S4.3(e) of 49 CFR
571.109, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 109, New pneumatic tires. Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 30120(h), Hankook Tire has
petitioned for a determination that this noncompliance is Published: 2003-12-03
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION :
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration In this document, NHTSA is upgrading the rear impact test in
the Federal motor vehicle safety standard on fuel system integrity. To
simulate being struck in the rear by another vehicle, that standard
currently specifies that the full width of the rear of the test vehicle
be impacted with a flat, rigid barrier at speeds up to 48 km/h (30
mph). This Published: 2003-12-01
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION :
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA announces the fifth year of a grant program under
Section 1403 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
(TEA21) to provide funding to States for innovative projects to
increase safety belt use rates. Consistent with prior years, the goal
of this program is to increase safety belt use rates across the Nation
in order to reduce Published: 2003-12-01
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION :
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration On October 22, 2002, NHTSA published an interim final rule
that amended the Federal motor vehicle safety standard on child
restraint systems to permit the manufacture and sale of harnesses that
attach to school bus seat backs as long as the harnesses are properly
labeled. The agency scheduled the interim final rule to terminate on
December 1, Published: 2003-11-28
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION :
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration This notice announces NHTSA's publication of a technical
report describing relationships between a vehicle's mass and type and
its rate of involvement in fatal crashes. The report's title is Vehicle
Weight, Fatality Risk and Crash Compatibility of Model Year 199199
Passenger Cars and Light Trucks. Published: 2003-11-25
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION :
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
This notice grants the application by Freightliner LLC
(Freightliner) on behalf of Thomas Built Buses, Inc. (Thomas) of High
Point, North Carolina, to be exempted from the notification and remedy
requirements of 49 U.S.C. 30118 and 30120 for a noncompliance with 49
CFR 571.205, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 205,
``Glazing Published: 2003-11-24
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION :
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [FR Doc
03-30279] 17. Extension of Comment Period on Whether Nonconforming 2002 and 2003 Ferrari
[FR Doc
03-30108] 18. General Motors Corporation, Receipt of Application for Decision of
[FR Doc
03-30107] 19. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Receipt of Application for Decision of
[FR Doc
03-30106] 20. Hankook Tire America Corp., Receipt of Application for Decision of
[FR Doc
03-29805] 21. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Fuel Systems Integrity
[FR Doc
03-29850] 22. Innovative Grants To Support Increased Safety Belt Use Rates
[FR Doc
03-29610] 23. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Child Restraint Systems
[FR Doc
03-29386] 24. Vehicle Weight, Fatality Risk and Crash Compatibility of Model Year 1991-99
[FR Doc
03-29200] 25. Freightliner LLC; Grant of Application for Decision for Determination of