Interpretation ID: aiam3160
Theodore Bargman Company
129 Industrial Avenue
Coldwater
MI 49036;
Dear Mr. Tannery: This responds to your recent letter asking whether doors on aftermarke top covers for American Motors Jeeps would have to comply with Safety Standard No. 206, *Door Locks and Door Retention Components*.; Safety Standard No. 206 applies to passenger cars, trucks an multipurpose passenger vehicles, which would include Jeeps. The standard applies only to completed vehicles, however, and not to aftermarket motor vehicle equipment. Therefore, the doors on aftermarket Jeep top covers would not have to have locks. Further, doors on new Jeep vehicles would also not have to comply with the standard if they are 'designed to be easily attached to or removed from' the vehicle, as provided in section S4 of the standard.; Please contact Hugh Oates of my office if you have any furthe questions.; Sincerely, Frank Berndt, Chief Counsel