Interpretation ID: 86-3.17

TYPE: INTERPRETATION-NHTSA

DATE: 05/07/86

FROM: BENJAMIN R. JACKSON -- EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AUTOMOBILE IMPORTERS COMPLIANCE ASSOCIATION

TO: BRIAN MCLAUGHLIN -- SENIOR PROGRAM ANALYST OFFICE OF MARKET INCENTIVES NHTSA - DOT

TITLE: NONE

ATTACHMT: ATTACHED TO LETTER DATED 07/23/86 EST, TO BENJAMIN R JACKSON, FROM ERIKA Z. JONES REDBOOK A29 (3), PART 541

TEXT: Dear Mr. McLaughlin:

Thank you for your participation at the AICA Annual Meeting. As you are aware, anti-theft parts marking is critical to our industry and we look forward to continuing the dialogue that has begun between AICA and the NHTSA.

I wish to apologize for the sessions running long, thus putting you on later than we both anticipated. However, your presentation was very helpful and informative. The extensive audience questions provided an excellent opportunity for useful exchange of information. One important revelation was your statement about the requirement for marking of non high-theft models with interchangeable parts with a high-theft models. You indicated that this requirement would only be triggered where the two models in question are in domestic production. This is an important interpretation and we would like to have a written statement on this interpretation from NHTSA.

Again, thank you for giving of your time so that we might better understand the practical nature of the parts marking regulations. We look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,