Motor Vehicle Content Labeling

Under NHTSA's content labeling program, passenger motor vehicles (passenger cars and other light vehicles) are required to be labeled with information about their domestic and foreign parts content. In response to petitions for rulemaking submitted by the American Automobile Manufacturers Association and General Motors, the agency is making a limited, temporary amendment to its content calculation procedures to provide vehicle manufacturers added flexibility in making content determinations where outside suppliers have not responded to requests for content information. This flexibility will only be available for up to 10 percent, by value, of a carline's total parts content from outside suppliers, and only for carlines offered for sale prior to January 1, 1997. It will also only be available where manufacturers or allied suppliers have made a good faith effort to obtain the information. The agency is requesting comments on whether to provide this or similar added flexibility for a longer period of time.