Interpretation ID: nht73-3.25

DATE: 02/14/73

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; Richard B. Dyson; NHTSA

TO: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is in reply to your letter of January 23, 1973, concerning the sequence of manual switch operation under S7.4.4 of Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208. Your question is whether S7.4.4 requires the manual switch and ignition switch to be operated in a specific order.

S7.4.4 does not require any specific sequence. After the ignition has been turned off, it can be made operable either by turning the ignition switch on, then operating the manual switch, or by operating the manual switch and then turning the ignition on.