# Air Bag On-Off Switches
> **US Department of Transportation** · Final rule, correcting amendment. · Published 1997-12-30 · 62 FR 67752
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-33956
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Transportation
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 67752
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 595
- **Publication date:** 1997-12-30
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. NHTSA-97-3111
## Abstract

This document amends a final rule which allows motor vehicle dealers and repair businesses to install retrofit manual on-off switches for air bags in motor vehicles. The rule requires the on-off switch to be key operated and requires a telltale that indicates the operating status of the air bag. NHTSA has determined that the language of the regulatory text could be mistakenly interpreted to require a key specifically matched to the on-off switch and that the rule was ambiguous as to how the readiness indicator should function when one or both air bags have been deactivated by means of the on-off switch. This rule revises the language of the regulatory text to clarify these issues. It also corrects a clerical error found in the original regulatory text.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/12/30/97-33956/air-bag-on-off-switches)
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