Interpretation ID: nht76-5.37

DATE: 03/03/76

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; Richard B. Dyson; NHTSA

TO: Hogan & Hartson

TITLE: FMVSR INTERPRETATION

TEXT: I am writing in response to your letter of December 5, 1975, and your subsequent conversation with Mark Schwimmer of this office, concerning a vehicle manufacturer's duty to provide consumer information pursuant to 49 CFR 575.104, Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standards.

Your letter included a sample information sheet for the model 240D with Dunlop 185 SR 14 tires. For that model equipped with those tires, the format of the sheet would meet the requirements of @ 575.104(d)(1)(iii) for information to be furnished to the first purchaser of a new motor vehicle. Similarly, if the vehicle is offered for sale only with those tires, the format would meet the requirements of @ 575.104(d)(1)(iii) for information to be furnished to prospective purchasers.

Please note that the stay of this regulation, issued last August by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, is still in effect.