Interpretation ID: nht74-4.48

DATE: 01/23/74

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; R. L. Carter; NHTSA

TO: Robert H. Mollohan; House of Representatives

TITLE: FMVSR INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is in further reply to your letter of January 8, 1974, on behalf of Mr. James R. Alfred of Prideport, West Virginia, regarding regulation of tires for mobile homes.

Apparently Mr. Alfred has a misunderstanding of Federal regulation on sole and resale of mobile home tires. At the present time there is no Federal regulation that prohibits resale of mobile home tires. Remission Part 574 governs tire identification and recordkeeping but contains no restriction against sale or resale of used tires. A mobile home dealer who sells a new motor vehicle equipped with tires that were not on the vehicle as received from the manufacturer is considered a tire dealer and must comply with recordkeeping requirements of the regulation by reporting purchaser name and address to the manufacturer or his assigned. Likewise, if he sells a used mobile home equipped with new tires or newly retreated tires he is considered a tire dealer and must comply with the regulation in the same manner.

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 119 entitled "Non-Passenger Car Tires" is applicable to mobile home tires but does not become effective until September 1, 1974. This standard specifies performance and marking requirements for new tires manufactured on and after the effective date.

A Notice of Proposed Rule Making entitled "Tire and Pin Selection and Rin Performance," issued July 29, 1971, is intended to require that new non-passenger car vehicles, such as mobile homes, be

P2 equipped with tires that meat specified safety requirements. This proposal has not reached final rule status and therefore the effective date has not been established.