[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: 49CFR573.8]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                            OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 573--DEFECT AND NONCOMPLIANCE RESPONSIBILITY AND REPORTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 573.8  Lists of purchasers, owners, lessors and lessees.

    (a) Each manufacturer of motor vehicles shall maintain, in a form 
suitable for inspection such as computer information storage devices or 
card files, a list of the names and addresses of the registered owners, 
as determined through State motor vehicle registration records or other 
sources, or the most recent purchasers where the registered owners are 
unknown, for all vehicles involved in a defect or noncompliance 
notification campaign initiated after the effective date of this part. 
The list shall include the vehicle identification number for each 
vehicle and the status of remedy with respect to each vehicle, updated 
as of the end of each quarterly reporting period specified in 
Sec. 573.6. Each list shall be retained, beginning with the date on 
which the defect or noncompliance information report required by 
Sec. 573.5 is initially submitted to the NHTSA, for 5 years.
    (b) Each manufacturer (including brand name owners) of tires shall 
maintain, in a form suitable for inspection such as computer information 
storage devices or card files, a list of the names and addresses of the 
first purchasers of his tires for all tires involved in a defect or 
noncompliance notification campaign initiated after the effective date 
of this part. The list shall include the tire identification number of 
all tires and shall show the status of remedy with respect to each owner 
involved in each notification campaign, updated as of the end of

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each quarterly reporting period specified in Sec. 573.6. Each list shall 
be retained, beginning with the date on which the defect information 
report is initially submitted to the NHTSA, for 3 years.
    (c) For each item of equipment involved in a defect or noncompliance 
notification campaign initiated after the effective date of this part, 
each manufacturer of motor vehicle equipment other than tires shall 
maintain, in a form suitable for inspection, such as computer 
information storage devices or card files, a list of the names and 
addresses of each distributor and dealer of such manufacturer, each 
motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment manufacturer and most recent 
purchaser known to the manufacturer to whom a potentially defective or 
noncomplying item of equipment has been sold and to whom notification is 
sent, the number of such items sold to each, and the date of shipment. 
The list shall show as far as is practicable the number of items 
remedied or returned to the manufacturer and the dates of such remedy or 
return. Each list shall be retained, beginning with the date on which 
the defect report required by Sec. 573.5 is initially submitted to the 
NHTSA, for 5 years.
    (d) Each lessor of leased motor vehicles that receives a 
notification from the manufacturer of such vehicles that the vehicle 
contains a safety-related defect or fails to comply with a Federal motor 
vehicle safety standard shall maintain, in a form suitable for 
inspection, such as computer information storage devices or card files, 
a list of the names and addresses of all lessees to which the lessor has 
provided notification of a defect or noncompliance pursuant to 49 CFR 
577.5(h). The list shall also include the make, model, model year, and 
vehicle identification number of each such leased vehicle, and the date 
on which the lessor mailed notification of the defect or noncompliance 
to the lessee. The information required by this paragraph must be 
retained by the lessor for one calendar year from the date the vehicle 
lease expires.

[43 FR 60169, Dec. 26, 1978, as amended at 44 FR 20437, Apr. 5, 1979; 60 
FR 17269, Apr. 5, 1995; 61 FR 278, Jan. 4, 1996. Redesignated at 67 FR 
45872, July 10, 2002]