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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2011–0154] 

Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping 

Requirements 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice 

announces that the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted 

below has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. The ICR describes 

the nature of the information collections 

and their expected burden. The Federal 

Register Notice with a 60-day comment 

period was published on November 25, 

2011 (76 FR 72747). No comments were 

received. 

This document describes a collection 

of information on nine Federal motor 

vehicle safety standards (FMVSSs) and 

two regulations, for which NHTSA 

intends to seek OMB approval. The 

information collection pertains to 

requirements that specify certain safety 

precautions regarding items of motor 

vehicle equipment that must appear in 

the vehicle owner’s manual. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before March 28, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lou 

Molino, the National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, Office of 

Rulemaking (NVS–112), (202) 366–1740, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue W43–311 

Washington, DC 20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 

Title: Consolidated Vehicle Owner’s 

Manual Requirements for Motor 

Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Equipment. 

OMB Number: 2127–0541. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: In order to ensure that 

manufacturers are complying with the 

FMVSSs and regulations, NHTSA 

requires a number of information 

collections in FMVSS Nos. 108, 110, 

138, 202, 205, 208, 210, 213 and 226, 

and Part 575 Sections 103 and 105. 

FMVSS No. 108, ‘‘Lamps, reflective 

devices and associated equipment.’’ 

This standard requires that certain 

lamps and reflective devices with 

certain performance levels be installed 

on motor vehicles to assure that the 

roadway is properly illuminated, 

vehicles can be readily seen, and the 

signals can be transmitted to other 

drivers sharing the road, during day, 

night and inclement weather. Since the 

specific manner in which headlamp aim 

is to be performed is not regulated (only 

the performance of the device is), 

aiming devices manufactured or 

installed by different vehicle and 

headlamp manufacturers may work in 

significantly different ways. As a 

consequence, to assure that headlamps 

can be correctly aimed, instructions for 

proper use must be part of the vehicle 

as a label, or optionally, in the vehicle 

owner’s manual. 

FMVSS No. 110, ‘‘Tire selection and 

rims.’’ This standard specifies 

requirements for tire selection to 

prevent tire overloading. The vehicle’s 

normal load and maximum load on the 

tire shall not be greater than applicable 

specified limits. The standard requires a 

permanently affixed vehicle placard 

specifying vehicle capacity weight, 

designated seating capacity, 

manufacturer recommended cold tire 

inflation pressure and manufacturer’s 

recommended tire size. The standard 

further specifies rim construction 

requirements, load limits of nonpneumatic spare tires and labeling 

requirements for non-pneumatic spare 

tires, including a required placard. 

Owner’s manual information is required 

for ‘‘Use of Spare Tire.’’ FMVSS No. 110 

will require additional owner’s manual 

information on the revised vehicle 

placard and tire information label, on 

the revised tire labeling, and on the tire 

safety and load limits and terminology. 

FMVSS No. 138, ‘‘Tire pressure 

monitoring systems.’’ This standard 

specifies requirements for a tire pressure 

monitoring system to warn the driver of 

an under-inflated tire condition. Its 

purpose is to reduce the likelihood of a 

vehicle crash resulting from tire failure 

due to operation in an under-inflated 

condition. The standard requires the 

Owner’s Manual to include specific 

information on the low pressure 

warning telltale and the malfunction 

indicator telltale. 

FMVSS No. 202, ‘‘Head restraints.’’ 

This standard specifies requirements for 

head restraints. The standard, which 

seeks to reduce whiplash injuries in rear 

collisions, currently requires head 

restraints for front outboard designated 

seating positions in passenger cars and 

in light multipurpose passenger 

vehicles, trucks and buses. In a final 

rule published on December 14, 2004 

(69 FR 74880), the standard requires 

that vehicle manufacturers include 

information in owner’s manuals for 

vehicles manufactured on or after 

September 1, 2008. The owner’s manual 

must clearly identify which seats are 

equipped with head restraints. If the 

head restraints are removable, the 

owner’s manual must provide 

instructions on how to remove the head 

restraint by a deliberate action distinct 

from any act necessary for adjustment, 

and how to reinstall head restraints. The 

owner’s manual must warn that all head 

restraints must be reinstalled to 

properly protect vehicle occupants. 

Finally, the owner’s manual must 

describe, in an easily understandable 

format, the adjustment of the head 

restraints and/or seat back to achieve 

appropriate head restraint position 

relative to the occupant’s head. 

FMVSS No. 205, ‘‘Glazing materials.’’ 

This standard specifies requirement for 

all glazing material used in windshields, 

windows and interior partitions of 

motor vehicles. Its purpose is to reduce 

the likelihood of lacerations and to 

minimize the possibility of occupants 

penetrating the windshield in a crash. 

More detailed information regarding the 

care and maintenance of such glazing 

items, as the glass-plastic windshield, is 

required to be placed in the vehicle 

owner’s manual. 

FMVSS No. 208, ‘‘Occupant crash 

protection.’’ This standard specifies 

requirements for both active and passive 

occupant crash protection systems for 

passenger cars, multipurpose passenger 

vehicles, trucks and small buses. Certain 

safety features, such as air bags, or the 

care and maintenance of air bag 

systems, are required to be explained to 

the owner by means of the owner’s 

manual. For example, the owner’s 

manual must describe the vehicle’s air 

bag system and provide precautionary 

information about the proper 

positioning of the occupants, including 

children. The vehicle owner’s manual 

must also warn that no objects, such as 

shotguns carried in police cars, should 

be placed over or near the air bag 

covers. 

FMVSS No. 210, ‘‘Seat belt assembly 

anchorages.’’ This standard specifies 

requirements for seat belt assembly 

anchorages to ensure effective occupant 

restraint and to reduce the likelihood of 

failure in a crash. The standard requires 

that manufacturers place the following 

information in the vehicle owner’s 

manual: a. An explanation that child 

restraints are designed to be secured by 

means of the vehicle’s seat belts, and, b. 

A statement alerting vehicle owners that 

children are always safer in the rear 

seat. 

FMVSS No. 213, ‘‘Child restraint 

systems.’’ This standard specifies 

requirements for child restraint systems 

and requires that manufacturers provide 

consumers with detailed information 


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relating to child safety in air bag 

equipped vehicles. The vehicle owner’s 

manual must include information about 

the operation and do’s and don’ts of 

built-in child seats. 

FMVSS No. 226, ‘‘Ejection 

mitigation.’’ This standard establishes 

vehicle requirements intended to reduce 

the partial and complete ejection of 

vehicle occupants through side 

windows in crashes, particularly 

rollover crashes. The standard applies to 

vehicles with a gross vehicle weight 

rating of 4,536 kg or less. Written 

information must be provided with 

every vehicle describing any ejection 

mitigation countermeasure that deploys 

in the event of a rollover and a 

discussion of the readiness indicator 

specifying a list of the elements of the 

system being monitored by the 

indicator, a discussion of the purpose 

and location of the telltale, and 

instructions to the consumer on the 

steps to take if the telltale is 

illuminated. 

Part 575 Section 103, ‘‘Camper 

loading.’’ This regulation requires 

manufacturers of slide-in campers to 

affix to each camper a label that 

contains information relating to 

identification and proper loading of the 

camper and to provide more detailed 

loading information in the vehicle 

owner’s manual. This regulation also 

requires manufacturers of trucks that 

would accommodate slide-in campers to 

specify the cargo weight ratings and the 

longitudinal limits within which the 

center of gravity for the cargo weight 

rating should be located. 

Part 575 Section 105, ‘‘Vehicle 

rollover.’’ This regulation requires 

manufacturers of utility vehicles to alert 

the drivers of these vehicles that they 

have a higher possibility of rollover than 

other vehicle types and to advise them 

of steps that can be taken to reduce the 

possibility of rollover and/or to reduce 

the likelihood of injury in a rollover. A 

statement is provided in the regulation, 

which manufacturers shall include, in 

its entirety or equivalent form, in the 

vehicles owner’s manual. 

Affected Public: Individuals, 

households, business, other for-profit, 

not-for-profit, farms, Federal 

Government and State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

3,724 hours. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30 

days, to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725–17th 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention NHTSA Desk Officer. 

Comments are invited on: Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; the accuracy of 

the Department’s estimate of the burden 

of the proposed information collection; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

A Comment to OMB is most effective if 

OMB receives it within 30 days of 

publication. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c); delegation of 

authority at 49 CFR 1.50. 

Issued on: February 17, 2012. 

Christopher J. Bonanti, 

Associate Administrator for Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4371 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

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