Interpretation ID: aiam0768
Assistant Manager
Product Development Department
U.S. Suzuki Motor Corporation
13767 Freeway Drive
Santa Fe Springs
California 90670;
Dear Mr. Petler: This is in response to your letter of July 11, 1972, asking whethe Suzuki switches 577-2 and 577-5 comply with the headlamp beam operational requirements of Standard No. 123.; We assume that the letters 'L' and 'H' on each switch means 'low beam and 'high beam' respectively. Each switch has two positions, the upper on each marked 'L' and the lower marked 'H'. Standard No. 123, as you have noted, requires that a headlamp beam control switch provided an upper beam by pushing up, and a lower beam by pushing down. You have commented that 'in their current state of design these headlamp beam switch functions are the opposite as specified in Standard No. 123.'; Thus, as you appear to have surmised, switches 577-2 and 577-5 do no meet the headlamps beam operational requirements of Standard No. 123.; Yours truly, Richard B. Dyson, Assistant Chief Counsel