# Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages
> **National Highway Traffic Safety Administration** · Final rule. · Published 1998-06-12 · Effective 1999-06-14 · 63 FR 32140
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-15558
- **Category:** fmvss
- **Sub-agency:** National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 32140
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 571
- **Publication date:** 1998-06-12
- **Effective date:** 1999-06-14
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. NHTSA-98-3773
## Abstract

This document responds to a petition from Volvo Cars of North America (Volvo), by amending the seat belt anchorage strength requirements of FMVSS No. 210, ``Seat belt assembly anchorages,'' to require the anchorages of all lap/shoulder belts to meet a 6,000 pound strength requirement, regardless of whether a manufacturer has the option of installing a lap belt or a lap/shoulder belt at that seating position. Two different requirements existed for testing the anchorages of lap/shoulder belts. One requirement, applicable to lap/shoulder belts installed at locations where manufacturers did not have the option of installing any other type of belt, called for all three anchorages of a lap/shoulder belt to withstand a 6,000 pound strength test. The second requirement, applicable to lap/shoulder belts installed at locations where a manufacturer could install either a lap belt or a lap/shoulder belt, required the anchorages of the lap portions of a lap/shoulder belt to withstand the 5,000 pound strength test applied to lap belts. The adoption of this new certification requirement allows manufacturers to test all lap/shoulder belts alike, i.e. according to the 6,000 pound strength test appropriate for lap/ shoulder belts, and no longer need also test the anchorages for the lap belt portion to the 5,000 pound test used for belts consisting of just a lap belt.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/06/12/98-15558/federal-motor-vehicle-safety-standards-seat-belt-assembly-anchorages)
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