Interpretation ID: aiam1618

Mr. K. Nakajima, Director/General Manager, Toyota Motors Sales, U.S.A., Inc., Lyndhurst Office Park, 1099 Wall Street, West, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071; Mr. K. Nakajima
Director/General Manager
Toyota Motors Sales
U.S.A.
Inc.
Lyndhurst Office Park
1099 Wall Street
West
Lyndhurst
NJ 07071;

Dear Mr. Nakajima:#This is in response to your letter of September 9 1974, requesting an interpretation of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 101, specifically, whether Toyota should identify controls with words as well as symbols.#Your use of symbols alone, without the words specified in Column 2 of Table 1 to identify the headlamp, hazard warning, and washer/wiper controls on the 1974 Corona model, is not in compliance with the standard. Symbols are merely an option which may be used in addition to the mandatory word identification.#I have forwarded a copy of your letter to the NHTSA Office of Standard Enforcement, for such action as it deems necessary.#Your truly, Richard B. Dyson, Acting Chief Counsel;