[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: 49CFR577.12]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
                    SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT
                            OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 577_DEFECT AND NONCOMPLIANCE NOTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  577.12  Notification pursuant to an accelerated remedy program.

    (a) When the Administrator requires a manufacturer to accelerate its 
remedy program under Sec.  573.14 of this chapter, or when a 
manufacturer agrees with a request from the Administrator that it 
accelerate its remedy program in advance of being required to do so, in 
addition to complying with other sections of this part, the manufacturer 
shall provide notification in accordance with this section.
    (b) Except as provided elsewhere in this section or when the 
Administrator determines otherwise, the notification under this section 
shall be sent to the same recipients as provided by Sec.  577.7. If no 
notification has been provided to owners pursuant to this part, the 
provisions required by this section may be combined with the 
notification under Sec. Sec.  577.5 or 577.6. A manufacturer need only 
provide a notification under this section to owners of vehicles or items 
of equipment for which the defect or noncompliance has not been 
remedied.
    (c) The manufacturer's notification shall include the following:
    (1) If there was a prior notification, a statement that identifies 
that notification and states that this notification supplements it;
    (2) When the accelerated remedy program has been required by the 
Administrator, a statement that the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration has required the manufacturer to accelerate its remedy 
program;
    (3) A statement of how the program has been accelerated (e.g., by 
expanding the sources of replacement parts and/or expanding the number 
of authorized repair facilities);
    (4) Where applicable, a statement that the owner may elect to obtain 
the recall remedy using designated service facilities other than those 
that are owned or franchised by the manufacturer or are the 
manufacturer's authorized dealers, and an explanation of how the owner 
may arrange for service at those other facilities;
    (5) Where applicable, a statement that the owner may elect to obtain 
the recall remedy using specified replacement parts or equipment from 
sources other than the manufacturer;
    (6) Where applicable, a statement indicating whether the owner will 
be required to pay an alternative facility and/or parts supplier, 
subject to reimbursement by the manufacturer; and
    (7) If an owner will be required to pay an alternative facility and/
or parts supplier, a statement that the owner will be eligible to have 
those expenditures reimbursed by the manufacturer, and a description of 
how a consumer may obtain information about reimbursement

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from the manufacturer consistent with Sec.  577.11(b)(2), (c) and (d).

[67 FR 72393, Dec. 5, 2002]