On September 10, 2012, NHTSA published a notice in the Federal Register proposing amendments to certain provisions of the EWR rule and the regulations governing motor vehicle and equipment safety recalls. The amendments to the EWR rule would require light vehicle manufacturers to specify the vehicle type and the fuel and/or propulsion system type in their reports and add new component categories of stability control systems for light vehicles, buses, emergency vehicles, and medium-heavy vehicle manufacturers, and forward collision avoidance, lane departure prevention, and backover prevention for light vehicle manufacturers. In addition, NHTSA proposes to require motor vehicle manufacturers to report their annual list of substantially similar vehicles via the Internet.
As to safety recalls, NHTSA proposes, among other things, to require certain manufacturers to submit VINs for recalled vehicles and to daily report changes in recall remedy status for those vehicles; require online submission of recalls reports and information; and require adjustments to the required content of the owner notification letters and envelopes required to be issued to owners and purchasers of recalled vehicles and equipment.
Written comments regarding these proposed rule changes may be submitted to NHTSA and must be received on or before November 9, 2012.
Docket reference: NHTSA-2012-0068
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