[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: 49CFR579.5]

[Page 1026]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
                    SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT
                            OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 579_REPORTING OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT POTENTIAL 
DEFECTS--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 579.5  Notices, bulletins, customer satisfaction campaigns, consumer 
advisories, and other communications.

    (a) Each manufacturer shall furnish to NHTSA a copy of all notices, 
bulletins, and other communications (including those transmitted by 
computer, telefax, or other electronic means and including warranty and 
policy extension communiques and product improvement bulletins) other 
than those required to be submitted pursuant to Sec. 573.6(c)(9) of 
this chapter, sent to more than one manufacturer, distributor, dealer, 
lessor, lessee, owner, or purchaser, in the United States, regarding any 
defect in its vehicles or items of equipment (including any failure or 
malfunction beyond normal deterioration in use, or any failure of 
performance, or any flaw or unintended deviation from design 
specifications), whether or not such defect is safety-related.
    (b) Each manufacturer shall furnish to NHTSA a copy of each 
communication relating to a customer satisfaction campaign, consumer 
advisory, recall, or other safety activity involving the repair or 
replacement of motor vehicles or equipment, that the manufacturer issued 
to, or made available to, more than one dealer, distributor, lessor, 
lessee, other manufacturer, owner, or purchaser, in the United States.
    (c) If a notice or communication is required to be submitted under 
both paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, it need only be submitted 
once.
    (d) Each copy shall be in readable form and shall be submitted not 
later than five working days after the end of the month in which it is 
issued. However, a document described in paragraph (b) of this section 
and issued before July 1, 2003, need not be submitted.

[67 FR 45873, July 10, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 18142, Apr. 15, 2003; 
68 FR 35147, June 11, 2003; 69 FR 49823, Aug. 12, 2004]