Interpretation ID: nht81-2.2

DATE: 03/17/81

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; F. Berndt; NHTSA

TO: Sutphen Corporation

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT:

NOA-30

Mr. Robert L. Poe General Manager Sutphen Corporation 7000 Columbus-Marysville Road P.O. Amlin, Ohio 43002

Dear Mr. Poe

This is in response to your letter forwarding your firm's vehicle identification numbering system and requesting confirmation that it complies with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 115 -Vehicle identification number.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) does not give advance approval of a manufacturer's compliance with motor vehicle safety standards or regulations, as it is the manufacturer's responsibility under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act to ensure that its vehicles comply with the applicable safety standards. However, my office has reviewed your proposed system. Based on our understanding of the information which you have provided, your system apparently complies with Standard No. 115.

Sincerely,

Frank Berndt Chief Counsel

November 19, 1980

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Subject: Submittal of Vehicle 407th Street, S.W. Identification Number (VIN) Washington, D.C. 20590 Application Breakdown

Attention: Vin Coordinator Gentlemen:

Please find, enclosed, a copy of the Sutphen Corporation forms which will be utilized in assigning VIN numbers to apparatus manufactured after February 1, 1981.

It is assumed that submittal of these tabulations are satisfactory to fulfill our requirements as applicable to FMVSS 115 (amended).

If further information is needed, please contact the undersigned.

Very truly yours,

ROBERT L. POE General Manager

rs enc.