Interpretation ID: nht74-1.1

DATE: 10/16/74

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; R. B. Dyson; NHTSA

TO: British Leyland Motors, Inc.

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT:

OCT 16 1974 N40-30 (ZTV)

Ms. Dianne Black Engineering Liaison British Leyland Motors Inc. 600 Willow Tree Road Leonia, N. J. 07605

Dear Ms. Black:

This is in reply to your letter of September 27, 1974 asking whether paragraph S5.3.2 of Standard No. 105-75 allows activation of a brake indicator lamp "whilst the engine is cranking".

Under the system, you describe the lamp would be activated with the key in the "start" position while the engine is turning over. Aposition between "on" and "start" designated by the manufacturer as a check position, within the meaning of S5.3.2, includes both "on" and "start", and your proposed system therefore would meet Standard No. 105-75.

Yours truly,

Richard B. Dyson Acting Chief Counsel