81 FR 6928 - General Motors LLC, Grant of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 26 (February 9, 2016)

Page Range		6928-6930
FR Document		2016-02415

General Motors LLC, (GM) has determined that certain model year 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra trucks manufactured between January 29, 2013, and October 28, 2013, do not fully comply with paragraph S5.3.1(e) of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 101, Controls and Displays, and paragraph S3.1.4.1 of FMVSS No. 102, Transmission Shift Position Sequence, Starter Interlock, and Transmission Braking Effect. GM filed a report dated October 31, 2013, pursuant to 49 CFR part 573, Defect and Noncompliance Responsibility and Reports. GM then petitioned NHTSA in accordance with 49 CFR part 556 requesting a decision that the subject noncompliance is inconsequential to motor vehicle safety.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-2013-0134; Notice 2]

General Motors LLC, Grant of Petition for Decision of
Inconsequential Noncompliance

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Grant of petition.

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SUMMARY: General Motors LLC, (GM) has determined that certain model
year 2014

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Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra trucks manufactured between January
29, 2013, and October 28, 2013, do not fully comply with paragraph
S5.3.1(e) of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 101,
Controls and Displays, and paragraph S3.1.4.1 of FMVSS No. 102,
Transmission Shift Position Sequence, Starter Interlock, and
Transmission Braking Effect. GM filed a report dated October 31, 2013,
pursuant to 49 CFR part 573, Defect and Noncompliance Responsibility
and Reports. GM then petitioned NHTSA in accordance with 49 CFR part
556 requesting a decision that the subject noncompliance is
inconsequential to motor vehicle safety.

ADDRESSES: For further information on this decision contact Amina
Fisher, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance, the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), telephone (202) 366-5307,
facsimile (202) 366-5930.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. GM's Petition: Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 30120(h) and
the rule implementing those provisions at 49 CFR part 556, GM has
petitioned for an exemption from the notification and remedy
requirements of 49 U.S.C. Chapter 301 on the basis that this
noncompliance is inconsequential to motor vehicle safety.
Notice of receipt of the petition was published, with a 30-day
public comment period, on February 24, 2014, in the Federal Register
(79 FR 10226). Four individuals and the Advocates for Highway and Auto
Safety (Advocates) provided comments to the receipt notice. To view the
petition, the comments, and all supporting documents, log onto the
Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) Web site at: http://www.regulations.gov/. Then, follow the online search instructions to
locate docket number ``NHTSA-2013-0134.''
II. Vehicles Involved: Affected are approximately 200,921 model
year 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra trucks manufactured
between January 29, 2013, and October 28, 2013.
III. Noncompliance: GM explains that the noncompliance is that
under certain circumstances when an owner uses the steering wheel
controls to browse and select songs to play from an external device
(i.e., MP3 player) that is plugged into one of the vehicle's USB ports,
the instrument cluster may reset. When the instrument cluster resets
the analog gauges and identifications, the PRNDM [shift position]
indicator, and the cruise control telltale, if illuminated, will
briefly extinguish. In addition, some of the instrument cluster
telltales may also illuminate briefly during a bulb check without the
condition the telltale is designed to indicate being present.
IV. Rule Text: Paragraph S5.3.1 of FMVSS No. 101 states
specifically:

S5.3.1 Timing of illumination
. . .
(e) A telltale must not emit light except when identifying the
malfunction or vehicle condition it is designed to indicate, or
during a bulb check.

Paragraph S3.1.4. of FMVSS No. 102 states specifically:

S3.1.4 Identification of shift positions and of shift position
sequence.
S3.1.4.1 Except as specified in S3.1.4.3, if the transmission
shift position sequence includes a park position, identification of
shift positions, including the positions in relation to each other
and the position selected, shall be displayed in view of the driver
whenever any of the following conditions exist:
(a) The ignition is in a position where the transmission can be
shifted; or
(b) The transmission is not in park. . . .

V. Summary of GM's Analyses: GM states that the subject
noncompliance is unlikely to occur in that all of the following
conditions have to exist: The driver must operate a media device
inserted into one of the vehicle's USB ports in a very specific way;
the redundant steering wheel controls must be used to select a song;
the driver must then search for a particular song by depressing the
left arrow on the right spoke of the steering wheel, then select
``audio'' using the steering wheel controls, then select ``browse''
using the steering wheel controls, then scroll to a particular song
using the steering wheel control, then select a song to play. If the
driver selects ``browse'' using the steering wheel controls to select a
second song, the subject condition may occur, but only if the total
information in titles of the buffered songs exceeds 2000 bytes.
GM believes that the condition is short-lived as disruption of the
PRNDM is said to persist for one and one half seconds, and the telltale
bulb check is said to persist for approximately five seconds. GM cited
a 1979 interpretation to Ford in which NHTSA acknowledged that a short-
lived inability to view telltales does not necessarily warrant
manufacturers correcting the condition.\1\ NHTSA is quoted as stating,
``This means that the tell-tales and their identification need not be
visible to the driver when the tell-tales are struck by direct
sunlight. Since conditions such as these are typically short-lived, the
NHTSA does not believe that the length of time the driver may be unable
to view the tell-tales is significant enough to warrant requiring the
manufacturer to prevent their occurrence.''
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\1\ A copy of this letter is attached to GM's petition and is
available in the docket at www.regulations.gov, Docket No. NHTSA-
2013-0134-0001.
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GM states that the noncompliance that is the subject of the
petition has little effect on the normal operation of the vehicle. GM
states that when the operation of the instrument panel is briefly
affected by the noncompliance, none of the other vehicle operations are
affected; any underlying messages remain in place and will continue to
be displayed after the instrument panel resets; other operations, like
cruise control, are unaffected by the noncompliance (only the displays
on the instrument panel are briefly affected by the condition); and if
the noncompliance were to occur, it is unlikely the brief disruption of
the PRNDM will affect the driver.
Lastly, GM states that NHTSA has previously granted petitions for a
determination of inconsequential noncompliance, finding no risk to
motor vehicle safety, where the sequence of events causing the
noncompliant condition is exceptionally rare. GM states that these
granted petitions allow specific telltales to extinguish for a limited
period of time while the vehicle is being operated.
In summation, GM believes that the described noncompliance of the
subject vehicles is inconsequential to motor vehicle safety, and that
its petition, to be exempt from providing recall notification of the
noncompliance as required by 49 U.S.C. 30118 and remedying the recall
noncompliance as required by 49 U.S.C. 30120, should be granted.

NHTSA's Decision

NHTSA'S Analysis: NHTSA has reviewed GM's justification for an
inconsequential noncompliance determination and agrees that the
specific noncompliance addressed is inconsequential to motor vehicle
safety.
GM states its belief that the subject condition is unlikely to
occur due to the series of events that must take place before the
instrument cluster resets. GM explains that the driver must operate a
USB media device by using the steering wheel controls to search for a
song, select ``audio'', select ``browse'', and select another song to
play while the total information in titles of the buffered songs
exceeds 2000 bytes for the condition to occur.
GM states that the condition is short-lived with the disruption of
the PRNDM illumination lasting approximately one and one half seconds
and the telltale

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bulb check lasting approximately five seconds. According to GM, the
condition will have little effect on the normal operation of the
vehicle as no underlying systems are affected by the failure.
After receipt of GM's petition, NHTSA requested more information
regarding the subject noncompliance. GM submitted videos showing that
when the condition occurs any existing warning lights extinguish, the
indicators (gauges) drop to zero, and operation of the entire
instrument panel is interrupted. Specifically, any illuminated
telltales extinguish for approximately one and one half seconds before
a bulb check that lasts approximately five seconds is initiated. At the
conclusion of the bulb check, any previously illuminated telltales will
illuminate and remain illuminated.
NHTSA agrees with GM that if the instrument panel reset were to
happen it would only be a momentary condition, the instrument panel
telltales and indicators would extinguish and return to normal very
quickly, with little, if any, impact to the driver.
GM mentioned two previous petitions that the agency granted due to
the loss or failure of telltale indications. In the first petition,
General Motors Corp.; Grant of Petition for Determination of
Inconsequential Noncompliance, 56 FR 33323 (July 19, 1991), the
noncompliance would only manifest itself when the headlight high beams
were turned on and the cigar lighter was activated. In this situation
the required high beam telltale could dim or extinguish altogether for
a short period of time while the cigar lighter was being powered. The
petition was granted because the agency determined there was no
consequence to motor vehicle safety attached to the extinguishment of
the high beam telltale.
In the second petition, submitted by Nissan, Nissan North America,
Incorporated, Grant of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential
Noncompliance, 78 FR 59090, (Sept. 25, 2013), under rare circumstances
the transmission gear selected was not always displayed correctly as
required. The petition was granted because it was only possible for the
gear indication to extinguish when the engine was inactive and the
vehicle was inoperable. Upon reactivating the engine the gear indicator
displayed the correct gear.
Five commenters (four individuals and the Advocates for Highway and
Auto Safety) provided comments about GM's petition when NHTSA issued
the notice of receipt in the Federal Register.
One individual stated that ``there is no such potential product
recall as `inconsequential' '' and that ``all product recalls must be
effectively enforced against the vehicle manufacturer.'' We note that
the Motor Vehicle Safety Act requires the Secretary of Transportation
to provide the vehicle manufacturers an opportunity to submit
information, views, and arguments showing that a noncompliance does not
impact motor vehicle safety. NHTSA is then required to consider
information and arguments submitted and make a determination whether
the noncompliance is, or is not, inconsequential to motor vehicle
safety. If NHTSA determines that the subject noncompliance has no
consequence to motor vehicle safety, the manufacturer is exempted from
notification and remedy requirements of 49 U.S.C. 30118 and 30120.
The second individual commenter believes that GM should conduct a
recall because the touch screen is not covered by the vehicle's
warranty. The agency feels that this comment is not relevant because
the steering wheel controls (rather than the touch screen on the center
console) are the controls that must be used for the subject
noncompliance to occur.
The two remaining individuals that provided comments believe that
anything causing a distraction to the occupants of a motor vehicle
under operation should be recalled. One of the commenters expressed
that using a USB music device would be distracting and the other
believes that the cluster becoming inoperable, even for a second, is
enough time to distract the driver and cause an accident.
After reviewing the video provided by GM, the agency believes that
a reset of the instrument panel would be corrected quickly within
seconds, before the driver would be distracted, or realize what was
happening.
The Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety does not specifically
support the granting or denial of GM's petition, but believes that the
existence of such a malfunction raises serious questions regarding
vehicle design which can lead to this kind of situation.
Finally, GM stated that a Service Update Bulletin was issued to
update the software of all IP clusters whenever any service to the
affected vehicles is done at the dealership. The agency understands
that GM's action to update the IP cluster software on these vehicles as
they are brought in for regular service should reduce considerably the
number of affected vehicles.
NHTSA'S Decision: In consideration of the foregoing, NHTSA has
decided that GM has met its burden of persuasion that the FMVSS No. 101
and FMVSS No. 102 noncompliance in the affected vehicles is
inconsequential to motor vehicle safety. Accordingly, GM's petition is
hereby granted and GM is not obligated to provide notification of, and
a free remedy for, that noncompliance under 49 U.S.C. 30118 and 30120.
NHTSA notes that the statutory provisions (49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and
30120(h)) that permit manufacturers to file petitions for a
determination of inconsequentiality allow NHTSA to exempt manufacturers
only from the duties found in sections 30118 and 30120, respectively,
to notify owners, purchasers, and dealers of a defect or noncompliance
and to remedy the defect or noncompliance. Therefore, this decision
only applies to the subject noncompliant vehicles that GM no longer
controlled at the time it determined that the noncompliance existed.
However, the granting of this petition does not relieve vehicle
distributors and dealers of the prohibitions on the sale, offer for
sale, or introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate
commerce of the noncompliant vehicles under their control after GM
notified them that the subject noncompliance existed.

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120: Delegations of authority at
49 CFR 1.95 and 501.8.

Jeffrey M. Giuseppe,
Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2016-02415 Filed 2-8-16; 8:45 am]
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systems would help eliminate this battery powered lamps on projecting power supply requirements of 49 CFR
hazard, and provide a safer working loads via the August 2005 final rule, the 393.23 during temporary towing
environment. Agency has directly acknowledged the operations, provided the requirements
Seven commenters identified viability of lighting systems powered by of 49 CFR 393.17(b)(2) are met. The
themselves as owners of small towing sources other than the vehicle’s exemption will be valid for two years
companies that use rechargeable electrical system in limited applications unless rescinded earlier by FMCSA. The
wireless temporary stop, turn, and tail where the lamps required by the exemption will be rescinded if: (1)
lighting systems when conducting regulations are temporary in nature due Motor carriers and/or commercial motor
temporary emergency tows. These to the specific vehicle operation. vehicles fail to comply with the terms
commenters echoed the comments Section 393.17 of the FMCSRs and conditions of the exemption; (2) the
above, noting that use of the wireless prescribes the lighting requirements for exemption has resulted in a lower level
systems allows operators to clear vehicles engaged in driveaway-towaway of safety than was maintained before it
accident scenes from roadways faster operations. A vehicle combination was granted; or (3) continuation of the
and thereby increases tow operator consisting of a tow vehicle pulling a exemption would not be consistent with
safety. wrecked or disabled vehicle is the goals and objectives of 49 U.S.C.
Four additional commenters considered a driveaway-towaway 31136(e) and 31315(b).
supported TowMate’s application, operation, and the combination needs to Interested parties possessing
noting the same benefits as the other be equipped with the lighting devices information that would demonstrate
commenters. specified in section 393.17. Specifically that motor carriers using rechargeable
Discussion with respect to the rear of the rearmost wireless temporary stop, turn, and tail
towed vehicle in such a combination, lighting systems during temporary
Prior to August 2005, section 393.23 section 393.17(b)(2) requires at least two towing operations are not achieving the
of the FMCSRs was titled ‘‘Lighting tail lamps, two stop lamps, two turn requisite statutory level of safety should
devices to be electric,’’ and stated signals, two clearance lamps, and two immediately notify FMCSA. The
‘‘Lighting devices shall be electric, reflectors, one of each type at each side. Agency will evaluate any such
except that red liquid-burning lanterns In addition, if any vehicle in the information and, if safety is being
may be used on the end of loads in the combination is 80 inches or more in compromised or if the continuation of
nature of poles, pipes, and ladders overall width, there must be three the exemption is not consistent with 49
projecting to the rear of the motor identification lamps on the rear. Similar U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315(b), will take
vehicle.’’ In a final rule published on to the temporary lamps required on the immediate steps to revoke the
August 15, 2005, FMCSA amended rear of projecting loads, the required exemption.
section 393.23 of the FMCSRs to lamps on the rear of a wrecked or
incorporate terminology which is more disabled vehicle being transported to a Preemption
consistent with current industry motor carrier’s terminal or facility for In accordance with 49 U.S.C.
standards and practices (70 FR 48008). repairs are temporary in nature. 31313(d), as implemented by 49 CFR
Specifically, the title of section 393.23 381.600, during the period this
was revised to read ‘‘Power supply for FMCSA Decision exemption is in effect, no State shall
lamps,’’ the reference to red liquid- FMCSA has evaluated the comments enforce any law or regulation applicable
burning lanterns was removed as received in support of TowMate’s to interstate commerce that conflicts
obsolete, and—as it relates to the subject application. The Agency agrees that with or is inconsistent with this
exemption application—the rule was permitting the use of rechargeable exemption with respect to a firm or
amended to permit the use of battery wireless temporary stop, turn, and tail person operating under the exemption.
powered lamps on projecting loads. lighting systems during temporary States may, but are not required to,
With respect to the use of battery towing operations will reduce the time adopt the same exemption with respect
powered lamps, the August 2005 rule tow operators spend at the side of the to operations in intrastate commerce.
states ‘‘With the exception of temporary road connecting wired lighting systems Issued on: January 29, 2016.
lamps used on projecting loads, lamps between vehicles, thereby reducing their
T.F. Scott Darling, III,
are required to be powered through the risk of injury and increasing safety. The
electrical system of the commercial Acting Administrator.
Agency believes that use of the
motor vehicle.’’ [Emphasis added]. [FR Doc. 2016–02511 Filed 2–8–16; 8:45 am]
rechargeable wireless lighting systems
Motor vehicles transporting loads will maintain a level of safety that is BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P
which extend more than 4 feet beyond equivalent to, or greater than, the level
the rear of the motor vehicle, or which of safety achieved without the
have tailboards or tailgates extending DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
exemption. This decision is consistent
more than 4 feet beyond the body, are with the amendment made in the National Highway Traffic Safety
required to mark those projections when August 2005 final rule to allow battery Administration
the vehicle is operated during the hours powered lamps on the rear of projecting
when headlamps are required. loads. [Docket No. NHTSA–2013–0134; Notice 2]
Specifically, each side of the projecting
load is required to be marked with one Terms and Conditions for the General Motors LLC, Grant of Petition
red side marker lamp, visible from the Exemption for Decision of Inconsequential
Noncompliance
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side, located to indicate the maximum The Agency hereby grants the
overhang, and the rear of the projecting exemption for a two-year period, AGENCY: National Highway Traffic
load is required to be marked with two beginning February 9, 2016 and ending Safety Administration (NHTSA),
red lamps, visible from the rear, one at February 9, 2018. During the temporary Department of Transportation (DOT).
each side, and two red reflectors visible exemption period, motor carriers will be ACTION: Grant of petition.
from the rear, one at each side, located allowed to use rechargeable wireless
so as to indicate the maximum width of temporary stop, turn, and tail lighting SUMMARY: General Motors LLC, (GM) has
the projection. By expressly permitting systems that do not meet the lighting determined that certain model year 2014

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bulb check lasting approximately five ‘inconsequential’ ’’ and that ‘‘all product affected vehicles is inconsequential to
seconds. According to GM, the recalls must be effectively enforced motor vehicle safety. Accordingly, GM’s
condition will have little effect on the against the vehicle manufacturer.’’ We petition is hereby granted and GM is not
normal operation of the vehicle as no note that the Motor Vehicle Safety Act obligated to provide notification of, and
underlying systems are affected by the requires the Secretary of Transportation a free remedy for, that noncompliance
failure. to provide the vehicle manufacturers an under 49 U.S.C. 30118 and 30120.
After receipt of GM’s petition, NHTSA opportunity to submit information, NHTSA notes that the statutory
requested more information regarding views, and arguments showing that a provisions (49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and
the subject noncompliance. GM noncompliance does not impact motor 30120(h)) that permit manufacturers to
submitted videos showing that when the vehicle safety. NHTSA is then required file petitions for a determination of
condition occurs any existing warning to consider information and arguments inconsequentiality allow NHTSA to
lights extinguish, the indicators (gauges) submitted and make a determination exempt manufacturers only from the
drop to zero, and operation of the entire whether the noncompliance is, or is not, duties found in sections 30118 and
instrument panel is interrupted. inconsequential to motor vehicle safety. 30120, respectively, to notify owners,
Specifically, any illuminated telltales If NHTSA determines that the subject purchasers, and dealers of a defect or
extinguish for approximately one and noncompliance has no consequence to noncompliance and to remedy the
one half seconds before a bulb check motor vehicle safety, the manufacturer defect or noncompliance. Therefore, this
that lasts approximately five seconds is is exempted from notification and decision only applies to the subject
initiated. At the conclusion of the bulb remedy requirements of 49 U.S.C. 30118 noncompliant vehicles that GM no
check, any previously illuminated and 30120. longer controlled at the time it
telltales will illuminate and remain The second individual commenter determined that the noncompliance
illuminated. believes that GM should conduct a existed. However, the granting of this
NHTSA agrees with GM that if the recall because the touch screen is not petition does not relieve vehicle
instrument panel reset were to happen covered by the vehicle’s warranty. The distributors and dealers of the
it would only be a momentary agency feels that this comment is not prohibitions on the sale, offer for sale,
condition, the instrument panel telltales relevant because the steering wheel or introduction or delivery for
and indicators would extinguish and controls (rather than the touch screen on introduction into interstate commerce of
return to normal very quickly, with the center console) are the controls that the noncompliant vehicles under their
little, if any, impact to the driver. must be used for the subject control after GM notified them that the
GM mentioned two previous petitions noncompliance to occur. subject noncompliance existed.
that the agency granted due to the loss The two remaining individuals that
or failure of telltale indications. In the provided comments believe that Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120:
first petition, General Motors Corp.; anything causing a distraction to the Delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and
Grant of Petition for Determination of occupants of a motor vehicle under 501.8.
Inconsequential Noncompliance, 56 FR operation should be recalled. One of the Jeffrey M. Giuseppe,
33323 (July 19, 1991), the commenters expressed that using a USB Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.
noncompliance would only manifest music device would be distracting and [FR Doc. 2016–02415 Filed 2–8–16; 8:45 am]
itself when the headlight high beams the other believes that the cluster BILLING CODE 4910–59–P
were turned on and the cigar lighter was becoming inoperable, even for a second,
activated. In this situation the required is enough time to distract the driver and
high beam telltale could dim or cause an accident. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
extinguish altogether for a short period After reviewing the video provided by
of time while the cigar lighter was being GM, the agency believes that a reset of National Highway Traffic Safety
powered. The petition was granted the instrument panel would be Administration
because the agency determined there corrected quickly within seconds, before
was no consequence to motor vehicle the driver would be distracted, or [Docket No. NHTSA–2014–0035; Notice 2]
safety attached to the extinguishment of realize what was happening.
the high beam telltale. The Advocates for Highway and Auto McLaren Automotive, Inc. (McLaren),
In the second petition, submitted by Safety does not specifically support the Grant of Petition for Decision of
Nissan, Nissan North America, granting or denial of GM’s petition, but Inconsequential Noncompliance
Incorporated, Grant of Petition for believes that the existence of such a
Decision of Inconsequential malfunction raises serious questions AGENCY: National Highway Traffic
Noncompliance, 78 FR 59090, (Sept. 25, regarding vehicle design which can lead Safety Administration (NHTSA),
2013), under rare circumstances the to this kind of situation. Department of Transportation (DOT).
transmission gear selected was not Finally, GM stated that a Service ACTION: Grant of petition.
always displayed correctly as required. Update Bulletin was issued to update
The petition was granted because it was the software of all IP clusters whenever SUMMARY: McLaren has determined that
only possible for the gear indication to any service to the affected vehicles is certain model year (MY) 2012–2015
extinguish when the engine was done at the dealership. The agency MP4 12–C Spider and Coupe passenger
inactive and the vehicle was inoperable. understands that GM’s action to update cars do not fully comply with paragraph
Upon reactivating the engine the gear the IP cluster software on these vehicles S4.4(c)(2), of Federal Motor Vehicle
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indicator displayed the correct gear. as they are brought in for regular service Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 138, Tire
Five commenters (four individuals should reduce considerably the number Pressure Monitoring Systems. McLaren
and the Advocates for Highway and of affected vehicles. filed a report dated February 18, 2014,
Auto Safety) provided comments about NHTSA’S Decision: In consideration pursuant to 49 CFR part 573, Defect and
GM’s petition when NHTSA issued the of the foregoing, NHTSA has decided Noncompliance Responsibility and
notice of receipt in the Federal Register. that GM has met its burden of Reports. McLaren then petitioned
One individual stated that ‘‘there is persuasion that the FMVSS No. 101 and NHTSA under 49 CFR part 556
no such potential product recall as FMVSS No. 102 noncompliance in the requesting a decision that the subject

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Grant of petition.
FR Citation		81 FR 6928

81 FR 6928 - General Motors LLC, Grant of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance

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