Interpretation ID: nht80-4.28
DATE: 12/12/80
FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; Frank Berndt; NHTSA
TO: Nissan Motors Corp. Ltd.
TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION
TEXT: This is in response to your letter of November 26, 1980, to Mr. Schwartz of my office concerning Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 115, Vehicle identification number.
In your letter you ask whether 1981 model year vehicles produced before the effective date of the standard, September 1, 1980, need comply with the standard. It would not be a violation of Standard No. 115 to produce 1981 model year vehicles which do not comply with the standard so long as they were manufactured prior to September 1, 1980.
Sincerely,
ATTACH.
NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
November 26, 1980
Ref. 80-116-M
Frederic W. Schwartz -- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Dear Mr. Schwartz:
This letter is in response to your telephone request concerning 1981 Datsun Models' VIN Systems (new and old).
After our plants in Japan took their summer vacation (August 9-17, 1980), Nissan produced 1981 Datsun Model Vehicles with new VIN System Numbers that have seventeen (17) characters and meet the new requirements of FMVSS No. 115, VIN which has been applied to the vehicles that have been produced on and after September 1, 1980.
However, before the summer vacation mentioned above, Nissan produced 1981 Datsun Models with old VIN System Numbers because the new machines for the New VIN Numbers were introduced into our plants during the summer vacation. There are approximately 34,430 Datsun 1981 Models with old VIN Numbers (Attachment).
Nissan has been guaranteed by the Federal Government that we are not violating the Federal Law by using the old VIN System Numbers on 1981 Model Vehicles produced before August 31, 1980.
We hope this information will be sufficient for your needs. Your taking the information mentioned above into consideration will be greatly appreciated.
Very truly yours, Hisakazu Murakami -- Washington Representative, Safety
Attachment
VIN. FOR DATSUN '81 MODELS OLD VIN. NEW VIN. Model Starting Beginning Production Starting Beginning Production Vin. Volume Production VIN.
Date Date 210 80.07.31. LB310-077293 JN1 CB02S 7 BU 080076 HLB310-746820 80.08.20. JN1 HB02S 0 BU 450001 PLB310-547078 8,138 JN1 PB02S 9 BU 650001 WPLB310-035876 JN1 PB01S 5 BU 150001 KPLB310-220965 JN1 PB05S 9 BU 038005 80.07.02 PN10-000036 80.08.19 JN1 PN03S X BM 000888 310 2,875 JN1 PN06S 2 BM 000735 KPN10-000027 JN1 PN04S 9 BM 000668 510 80.08.01 HLA10-200031 1,542 80.08.18 JN1 HT02S 5 BT 200160 FHLA10-200031 JN1 HT03S 0 BT 200338 510 80.07.22 WHLA10-125001 594 80.08.18 JN1 HT05S 8 BX 125667 Wagon 810 80.07.14 HG910-000101 491 80.08.18 JN1 HU01S 8 BT 000596 810 80.06.27 WHD910-000001 270 80.08.18 JN1 HU05S 0 BX 000322 Wagon 200SX 80.07.31 PS110-215386 80.08.20JN1 PS06S 6 2,830 BU 400001 KPS110-038159 JN1 PS04S 6 BU 300001 280ZX 30.06.23 HS130-250021 7,170 80.08.18 JN1 HZ04S 9 BX 254601 HGS130-180040 JN1 HZ06S 0 BX 182555 Pickup 80.07.07 No. 1 Plant NO. 1 Plant M720-000012 JN6 MD01S 2 BW 002786 MG720-000011 10,520 80.08.18 JN6 MD02S X BW 001903 KM720-000021 JN6 MD06S X BW 002972 EM720-000016 JN6 MD05H 6 BW 000036 MY720-000008 JN6 MD01Y 1 BW 001424 KMY720-000004 JN6 MD06Y 0 BW 001942 NO. 2 Plant NO. 2 Plant MGY720-000001 JN6 MD02Y 8 BW 500493
Total, 34,430