[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR577.13]

[Page 1014]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
                    SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT
                            OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 577_DEFECT AND NONCOMPLIANCE NOTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 577.13  Notification to dealers and distributors.

    (a) The notification to dealers and distributors of a safety-related 
defect or a noncompliance with a Federal motor vehicle safety standard 
shall contain a clear statement that identifies the notification as 
being a safety recall notice, an identification of the motor vehicles or 
items of motor vehicle equipment covered by the recall, a description of 
the defect or noncompliance, and a brief evaluation of the risk to motor 
vehicle safety related to the defect or noncompliance. The notification 
shall also include a complete description of the recall remedy, and the 
estimated date on which the remedy will be available. Information 
required by this paragraph that is not available at the time of the 
original notification shall be provided as it becomes available.
    (b) The notification shall also include an advisory stating that it 
is a violation of Federal law for a dealer to deliver a new motor 
vehicle or any new or used item of motor vehicle equipment (including a 
tire) covered by the notification under a sale or lease until the defect 
or noncompliance is remedied.
    (c) For notifications of defects or noncompliances in items of motor 
vehicle equipment (including tires), the notification shall contain the 
manufacturer's offer to repurchase the items that remain in dealer or 
distributor inventory at the price paid by the dealer or distributor, 
plus transportation charges and reasonable reimbursement of at least one 
per cent a month, prorated from the date of notification to the date of 
repurchase, or as otherwise agreed to between the manufacturer and the 
dealer or distributor.
    (d) The manufacturer shall, upon request of the Administrator, 
demonstrate that it sent the required notification to each of its known 
dealers and distributors and the date of such notification.

[69 FR 34960, June 23, 2004]

    Effective Date Note: At 69 FR 34960, June 23, 2004, Sec. 577.13 was 
added, effective Oct. 21, 2004.