[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 6]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR565.7]



[Page 175-176]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

                            OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 565_VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 565.7  Reporting requirements.



    The information collection requirements contained in this part have 

been approved by the Office of Management and Budget under the 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and 

have been assigned OMB Control Number 2127-0510.

    (a) The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has 

contracted with the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) to coordinate 

the assignment of manufacturer identifiers. Manufacturer identifiers 

will be supplied by SAE at no charge. All requests for assignments of 

manufacturer identifiers should be forwarded directly to: Society of 

Automotive Engineers,



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400 Commonwealth Avenue, Warrendale, Pennsylvania 15096, Attention: WMI 

Coordinator. Any requests for identifiers submitted to NHTSA will be 

forwarded to SAE. Manufacturers may request a specific identifier or may 

request only assignment of an identifier(s). SAE will review requests 

for specific identifiers to determine that they do not conflict with an 

identifier already assigned or block of identifiers already reserved. 

SAE will confirm the assignments in writing to the requester. Once 

confirmed by SAE, the identifier need not be resubmitted to NHTSA.

    (b) Manufacturers of vehicles subject to this part shall submit, 

either directly or through an agent, the unique identifier for each make 

and type of vehicle it manufactures at least 60 days before affixing the 

first VIN using the identifier. Manufacturers whose unique identifier 

appears in the fourth section of the VIN shall also submit the three 

characters of the first section that constitutes a part of their 

identifier.

    (c) Manufacturers of vehicles subject to the requirements of this 

part shall submit to NHTSA the information necessary to decipher the 

characters contained in its VINs. Amendments to this information shall 

be submitted to the agency for VINs containing an amended coding. The 

agency will not routinely provide written approvals of these 

submissions, but will contact the manufacturer should any corrections to 

these submissions be necessary.

    (d) The information required under paragraph (c) of this section 

shall be submitted at least 60 days prior to offering for sale the first 

vehicle identified by a VIN containing that information, or if 

information concerning vehicle characteristics sufficient to specify the 

VIN code is unavailable to the manufacturer by that date, then within 

one week after that information first becomes available. The information 

shall be addressed to: Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590, 

Attention: VIN Coordinator.