Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 114
114 (1) With the exception of a walk-in van, every passenger car, every three-wheeled vehicle, and every multi-purpose passenger vehicle and truck with a GVWR of 4 536 kg or less shall conform to the requirements of Technical Standards Document No. 114, Theft Protection and Rollaway Prevention (TSD 114), as amended from time to time. (2) The term self-mobility in TSD 114 means movement of a vehicle under its own power. (3) [Repealed, SOR/2014-307, s. 4] Immobilization System (4) With the exception of a walk-in van and an emergency vehicle, every passenger car, every three-wheeled vehicle, and every multi-purpose passenger vehicle and truck with a GVWR of 4 536 kg or less shall be equipped with an immobilization system that conforms to (a) one of the following sets of requirements as modified by subsection (22), (23) or (24): (i) the requirements of section 3, subsection 4.3, sections 6 to 10 and subsections 12.1, 12.2 and 12.16 of National Standard of Canada CAN/ULC-S338-98, entitled Automobile Theft Deterrent Equipment and Systems: Electronic Immobilization (May 1998), published by the Underwriters’ Laboratories of Canada, (ii) the general and particular specifications that are set out in Part III of United Nations Regulation No. 97, entitled Uniform Provisions Concerning the Approval of Vehicle Alarm Systems (VAS) and of Motor Vehicles with Regard to Their Alarm Systems (AS) , in the version in effect on August 8, 2007, or (iii) the general and particular specifications that are set out in Part IV of United Nations Regulation No. 116, entitled Uniform Provisions Concerning the Protection of Motor Vehicles Against Unauthorized Use , in the version in effect on February 10, 2009; or (b) the requirements set out in subsections (8) to (21). (5) A vehicle equipped with an immobilization system shall be accompanied by the following written information: (a) instructions for operating and maintaining the system; and (b) a warning not to leave a disarming device or a combination that disarms the system in the vehicle. (6) The information shall be provided in English, French or both official languages, as requested by the first retail purchaser of the vehicle. (7) In this section, disarming device means a physical device that contains or transmits the code that disarms the immobilization system of a vehicle. (8) Subject to subsection (9), an immobilization system shall arm automatically within a period of not more than 1 minute after the disarming device is removed from the vehicle, if the vehicle remains in a mode of operation other than “accessory” or “on” throughout that period. (9) If the disarming device is a keypad or biometric identifier, the immobilization system shall arm automatically within a period of not more than 1 minute after the motors used for the vehicle’s propulsion are turned off, if the vehicle remains in a mode of operation other than “accessory” or “on” throughout that period. (10) The immobilization system shall arm automatically not later than 2 minutes after the immobilization system is disarmed, unless (a) action is taken for starting one or more motors used for the vehicle’s propulsion; (b) disarming requires an action to be taken on (i) the engine start control or electric motor start control, (ii) the engine stop control or electric motor stop control, or (iii) the ignition switch; or (c) disarming occurs automatically by the presence of a disarming device and the device is inside the vehicle. (11) If armed, the immobilization system (a) shall prevent the vehicle from moving more than 3 m under its own power by inhibiting the operation of at least one electronic control unit; and (b) shall not have any impact on the vehicle’s brake system except that it may prevent regenerative braking and the release of the parking brake. (12) During the disarming process, a code shall be sent to the inhibited electronic control unit in order to allow the vehicle to move under its own power. (13) It shall not be possibl