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 this document, the agency extends for two years a limited, temporary provision in 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 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, 1999. It will also only be available where manufacturers or allied suppliers have made a good faith effort to obtain the information. The agency views this provision as providing extra flexibility during the early years of the content labeling program, as the vehicle manufacturers and suppliers continue to gain familiarity with the program and develop appropriate procedures to ensure supplier responsiveness to requests for content information.