[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR554.5]

[Page 143]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                            OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 554--STANDARDS ENFORCEMENT AND DEFECTS INVESTIGATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 554.5  Office of Defects Investigation.

    The Office of Defects Investigation conducts investigations to 
implement the provisions of the Act concerning the identification and 
correction of safety-related defects in motor vehicles and motor vehicle 
equipment. It elicits from every available source and evaluates on a 
continuing basis any information suggesting the existence of a safety-
related defect.