Interpretation ID: nht72-4.11

DATE: 06/02/72

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; Richard B. Dyson; NHTSA

TO: Nissan Motor Company, Ltd.

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is in reply to your letter of May 9, 1972, in which you again raise the problem of where to place the seat in tests for which Standard 208 specifies that the seat is to be at the midway position but the seat track has no adjustment position that coincides with the midway point.

Our reply of March 2, 1972, stated that when the midway point is exactly halfway between two adjustment notches, the seat should be placed in the rear notch. You are correct in pointing out that if the notches were on the upper seat rail the seat would be moved forward if these instructions were followed. It was our intent to specify rearward seat movement in each case in which the midway point on the track fell exactly between two notches. In Case (2) of your letter, therefore, it will be our practise to move the seat rearward from the position shown in red until the next notch is reached.