[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: 49CFR579.23]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                            OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 579--REPORTING OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT POTENTIAL DEFECTS--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart C--Reporting of Early Warning Information
 
Sec. 579.23  Reporting requirements for manufacturers of 500 or more motorcycles annually.

    For each reporting period, a manufacturer whose aggregate number of 
motorcycles manufactured for sale, offered for sale, imported, or sold, 
in the United States, during the calendar year of the reporting period 
or during either of the prior two calendar years is 500 or more shall 
submit the information described in this section. For paragraphs (a) and 
(c) of this section, the manufacturer shall submit information 
separately with respect to each make, model, and model year of 
motorcycle manufactured during the reporting period and the nine model 
years prior to the earliest model year in the reporting period, 
including models no longer in production.
    (a) Production information. Information that states the 
manufacturer's name, the quarterly reporting period, the make, the 
model, the model year, and the production. The production shall be 
stated as either the cumulative production of the current model year to 
the end of the reporting period, or the total model year production for 
each model year for which production has ceased.
    (b) Information on incidents involving death or injury. For all 
motorcycles less than ten calendar years old as of the beginning of the 
reporting period:
    (1) A report on each incident involving one or more deaths or 
injuries occurring in the United States that is identified in a claim 
against and received by the manufacturer or in a notice received by the 
manufacturer which notice alleges or proves that the death or injury was 
caused by a possible defect in the manufacturer's motorcycle, together 
with each incident involving one or more deaths occurring in a foreign 
country that is identified in a claim against and received by the 
manufacturer involving the manufacturer's motorcycle, if that motorcycle 
is identical or substantially similar to a motorcycle that the 
manufacturer has offered for sale in the United States. The report shall 
be submitted as a report on motorcycles and organized such that 
incidents are reported alphabetically by make, within each make 
alphabetically by model, and within each model chronologically by model 
year.
    (2) For each incident described in paragraph (b)(1) of this section, 
the manufacturer shall separately report the make, model, model year, 
and VIN of the motorcycle, the incident date, the number of deaths, the 
number of injuries for incidents occurring in the

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United States, the State or foreign country where the incident occurred, 
each system or component of the motorcycle that allegedly contributed to 
the incident, and whether the incident involved a fire, coded as 
follows: 01 steering, 02 suspension, 03 service brake system, 06 engine 
and engine cooling, 07 fuel system, 10 power train, 11 electrical, 12 
exterior lighting, 16 structure,18 vehicle speed control, 19 tires, 20 
wheels, 23 fire, 98 where a system or component not covered by 
categories 01 through 20 is specified in the claim or notice, and 99 
where no system or component of the vehicle is specified in the claim or 
notice. If an incident involves more than one such code, each shall be 
reported separately in the report with a limit of five codes to be 
included.
    (c) Numbers of property damage claims, consumer complaints, warranty 
claims, and field reports. Separate reports on the numbers of those 
property damage claims, consumer complaints, warranty claims, and field 
reports which involve the systems and components that are specified in 
codes 01 through 22 in paragraph (b)(2) of this section, or a fire (code 
23). Each such report shall state, separately by each such code, the 
number of such property damage claims, consumer complaints, warranty 
claims, or field reports, respectively, that involves the systems or 
components or fire indicated by the code. If an underlying property 
damage claim, consumer complaint, warranty claim, or field report 
involves more than one such code, each shall be reported separately in 
the report with no limit on the number of codes to be included. No 
reporting is necessary if the system or component involved is not 
specified in such codes, and the incident did not involve a fire.
    (d) Copies of field reports. For all motorcycles less than ten years 
old as of the date of the beginning of the reporting period, a copy of 
each field report (other than a dealer report) involving one or more of 
the components identified in paragraph (b)(2) of this section, or fire, 
containing any assessment of an alleged failure, malfunction, lack of 
durability or other performance problem of a motor vehicle or item of 
motor vehicle equipment (including any part thereof) that is originated 
by an employee or representative of the manufacturer and that the 
manufacturer received during a reporting period. These documents shall 
be submitted alphabetically by make, within each make alphabetically by 
model, and within each model chronologically by model year.