# Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Controls, Telltales and Indicators
> **National Highway Traffic Safety Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2005-08-17 · Effective 2006-02-13 · 70 FR 48295
## Document
- **Document number:** 05-16325
- **Category:** fmvss
- **Sub-agency:** National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 70 FR 48295
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 571
- **Publication date:** 2005-08-17
- **Effective date:** 2006-02-13
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. NHTSA-2005-22113
## Abstract

In this document, we update our standard regulating motor vehicle controls, telltales and indicators. The standard specifies requirements for the location, identification, and illumination of these items. This rule extends the standard's telltale and indicator requirements to vehicles with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) of 4,536 kg (10,000 pounds) and greater, updates the standard's requirements for multi-function controls and multi-task displays to make the requirements appropriate for advanced systems, and reorganizes the standard to make it easier to read. The standard requires, among other things, that certain controls, telltales and indicators be identified by specified symbols or words. While we proposed to expand the list of items for which specified identification is required, we decided, for purposes of this rule, to include only the items and identification previously specified in this standard or in another of our standards.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2005/08/17/05-16325/federal-motor-vehicle-safety-standards-controls-telltales-and-indicators)
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