Interpretation ID: nht75-1.20

DATE: 08/21/75

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; F. Berndt; NHTSA

TO: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT: Please forgive the delay in responding to your letter of April 25, 1975, which questioned our interpretation of March 13, 1975, of the adhesion requirement of S7.3.7 of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 106-74, Brake Hoses.

Our interpretation was that the requirement applies to each pair of adjacent layers of a brake hose. Multilayer hose manufactured in the United States and Europe is in fact made with bonding between all pairs of adjacent layers. There is no change in our interpretation.