[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 49, Volume 6] [Revised as of October 1, 2006] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 49CFR573.5] [Page 1015-1016] TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION CHAPTER V--NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PART 573_DEFECT AND NONCOMPLIANCE RESPONSIBILITY AND REPORTS--Table of Contents Sec. 573.5 Defect and noncompliance responsibility. (a) Each manufacturer of a motor vehicle shall be responsible for any safety-related defect or any noncompliance determined to exist in the vehicle or in any item of original equipment. [[Page 1016]] (b) Each manufacturer of an item of replacement equipment shall be responsible for any safety-related defect or any noncompliance determined to exist in the equipment. [67 FR 45872, July 10, 2002]