Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 10 / Thursday, January 16, 2025 / Notices 4847 

1The authority to determine whether to approve 

or deny defect petitions under 49 U.S.C. 30162(d) 

and 49 CFR part 552 has been further delegated to 

the Associate Administrator for Enforcement. 

Thus, the scope of ODI’s review was 

directed to those GLC300 vehicles. 

NHTSA has based its decision on a 

review of the material cited by the 

Petitioner in his petition, information 

submitted by Mercedes-Benz in 

response to an Agency request, and 

other pertinent information in NHTSA’s 

databases. 

Summary of the Petition 

The Petitioner alleged that Model 

Year (MY) 2023 Mercedes-Benz GLC300 

vehicles equipped with the 48-volt ISG 

system can experience a failure 

resulting in the illumination of warning 

lights and an inability to start a vehicle. 

The Petitioner enclosed the following 

information with the petition: 

• A description of the check engine 

light illuminating; 

• A description of communications 

with a dealership about illumination of 

the check engine light; 

• Copies of select Mercedes-Benz 

Service Campaign Bulletins; 

• A listing of Mercedes-Benz vehicles 

that are covered under a recall for ISG– 

48V system issues; 

• Excerpts from internet consumer 

chats that reported no-start conditions; 

• A service invoice at a MercedesBenz dealership; 

• Listings of Mercedes-Benz Xentry 

system communications; and 

• Listings of allegedly related NHTSA 

recalls. 

Office of Defects Investigation Analysis 

ODI conducted the following actions 

while evaluating the Petition: 

• Examined the Petition and its 

enclosures; 

• Reviewed the Petitioner’s vehicle 

history; 

• Sent an Information Request letter 

to Mercedes-Benz and reviewed 

Mercedes-Benz’s response to that letter; 

and 

• Searched for similar complaint 

traffic in NHTSA’s consumer 

complaints database. 

In its August 24, 2023 response to 

NHTSA’s Information Request letter, 

Mercedes-Benz stated that: 

• The cause of the condition reported 

by the Petitioner was a software 

deviation in the Central Powertrain 

Controller (CPC); 

• The CPC is separate from and 

independent of the 48V mild hybrid ISG 

system; 

• The CPC condition in question may 

cause intermittent no-start conditions; 

and 

• Mercedes-Benz has an active 

software campaign to correct the CPC 

software deviation. 

ODI conducted a search of NHTSA’s 

consumer complaint database and did 

not find support for a related stalling 

trend in the subject vehicles. 

Based on available information, it 

appears that the defect alleged by the 

Petitioner may be caused by a software 

error in the CPC software, which is a 

system separate and independent from 

the 48-volt system. 

ODI concentrated its evaluation on 

conditions that could lead to a loss of 

motive power during a drive cycle, and 

the CPC condition only takes place 

during a vehicle’s startup. Based on this 

distinction, coupled with the absence of 

a loss of motive power while driving in 

the Petitioner’s vehicle, and an absence 

of other applicable loss of motive power 

allegations in the subject vehicle 

population in general, ODI finds no 

basis on which to open a related safety 

defect investigation at this time. 

Mercedes-Benz has an ongoing service 

campaign to resolve the CPC software 

error, which caused the illumination of 

the engine lights and the no-start 

condition. 

After thoroughly assessing the 

material submitted by the Petitioner, 

information in NHTSA’s databases, and 

information submitted by MercedesBenz in response to an ODI Information 

Request regarding the Petitioner’s 

allegations, and in consideration of the 

action Mercedes-Benz is taking to 

address the software issue, NHTSA does 

not find that a formal investigation is 

warranted at this time. Accordingly, the 

Agency is denying the petition. As with 

all potential motor vehicle safety risks, 

NHTSA will continue to review any 

new information or incidents as they are 

submitted to the Agency. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30162(d) and 49 

CFR part 552; delegations of authority at 

CFR 1.95(a) and 49 CFR part 501.1

Eileen Sullivan, 

Associate Administrator for Enforcement. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

Hazardous Materials: Notice of 

Applications for Modification to 

Special Permits 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: List of applications for 

modification of special permits. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

procedures governing the application 

for, and the processing of, special 

permits from the Department of 

Transportation’s Hazardous Material 

Regulations, notice is hereby given that 

the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety 

has received the application described 

herein. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 31, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Record Center, Pipeline and 

Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Washington, DC 20590. 

Comments should refer to the 

application number and be submitted in 

triplicate. If confirmation of receipt of 

comments is desired, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard showing 

the special permit number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donald Burger, Chief, Office of 

Hazardous Materials Safety General 

Approvals and Permits Branch, Pipeline 

and Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, East Building, PHH–13, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue Southeast, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001, (202) 366– 

4535. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each 

mode of transportation for which a 

particular special permit is requested is 

indicated by a number in the ‘‘Nature of 

Application’’ portion of the table below 

as follows: 1—Motor vehicle, 2—Rail 

freight, 3—Cargo vessel, 4—Cargo 

aircraft only, 5—Passenger-carrying 

aircraft. 

Copies of the applications are 

available for inspection in the Records 

Center, East Building, PHH–13, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue Southeast, 

Washington, DC or at http://

regulations.gov. 

This notice of receipt of applications 

for special permit is published in 

accordance with part 107 of the Federal 

hazardous materials transportation law 

(49 U.S.C. 5117(b); 49 CFR 1.53(b)). 


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4848 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 10 / Thursday, January 16, 2025 / Notices 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 8, 

2025. 

Donald P. Burger, 

Chief, General Approvals and Permits 

Branch. 

SPECIAL PERMITS DATA

Application 

No. Applicant Regulation(s) affected Nature of the special permits thereof 

12098–M ....... Missions Systems Orchard 

Park Inc.

173.301(f), 173.302a(a)(1) .......... To modify the special permit to reflect current testing and 

inspection criteria, replacing references to cancelled government and industry standards. (modes 1, 2, 4). 

14287–M ....... Troxler Electronic Laboratories, Inc.173.469, 173.476(a) ................... To modify the special permit to authorize additional gauges. 

(mode 1). 

14951–M ....... Hexagon Lincoln, LLC ........... 173.301(f), 173.302(a) ................ To modify the special permit to no longer reference ‘‘working pressure’’ in paragraph 2.a. (modes 1, 2, 3). 

15404–M ....... Proserv UK Ltd ...................... 173.201, 173.302a, 173.304a, 

173.301(f).

To modify the special permit by authorizing additional cylinder designs. (modes 1, 2, 3, 4). 

21005–M ....... Federal Cartridge Company .. 173.63(b) ..................................... To modify the special permit to increase the number of articles authorized to be packed per inner packaging to 20. 

(modes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). 

21023–M ....... Tire Seal, Inc ......................... 173.304(d) ................................... To modify the special permit to authorize a flammable gas. 

(modes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). 

21129–M ....... Northrop Grumman Systems 

Corp.

173.301, 173.302 ........................ To modify the special permit with Part numbers which have 

been updated and the developmental changes associated 

with the tanks. (mode 1). 

21191–M ....... Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLC.172.203(a), 172.301(c), 

173.166(e)(6).

To modify the special permit to include NHTSA Recall 

#24V–756, 20V–736, 21E–080, 21V–504, 21V–632, 24E– 

024 and 24V–198. (modes 1, 2, 3). 

21318–M ....... Mercedes-Benz Ag ................ 173.185(b)(5) .............................. To modify the special permit to authorize an additional battery and packaging types. (mode 4). 

21677–M ....... Unipart North America Limited 172.101(j) .................................... To modify the special permit to authorize an additional lithium ion battery. (mode 4). 

[FR Doc. 2025–00859 Filed 1–15–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

Hazardous Materials: Notice of 

Applications for New Special Permits 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: List of applications for special 

permits. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

procedures governing the application 

for, and the processing of, special 

permits from the Department of 

Transportation’s Hazardous Material 

Regulations, notice is hereby given that 

the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety 

has received the application described 

herein. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 18, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Record Center, Pipeline and 

Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Washington, DC 20590. 

Comments should refer to the 

application number and be submitted in 

triplicate. If confirmation of receipt of 

comments is desired, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard showing 

the special permit number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donald Burger, Chief, Office of 

Hazardous Materials Safety General 

Approvals and Permits Branch, Pipeline 

and Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, East Building, PHH–13, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue Southeast, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001, (202) 366– 

4535. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each 

mode of transportation for which a 

particular special permit is requested is 

indicated by a number in the ‘‘Nature of 

Application’’ portion of the table below 

as follows: 1—Motor vehicle, 2—Rail 

freight, 3—Cargo vessel, 4—Cargo 

aircraft only, 5—Passenger-carrying 

aircraft. 

Copies of the applications are 

available for inspection in the Records 

Center, East Building, PHH–13, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue Southeast, 

Washington, DC. 

This notice of receipt of applications 

for special permit is published in 

accordance with part 107 of the Federal 

hazardous materials transportation law 

(49 U.S.C. 5117(b); 49 CFR 1.53(b)). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 8, 

2025. 

Donald P. Burger, 

Chief, General Approvals and Permits 

Branch. 

SPECIAL PERMITS DATA

Application 

No. Applicant Regulation(s) affected Nature of the special permits thereof 

21892–N ....... Electronic Fluorocarbons, LLC 173.304a(a) ................................. To authorize the transportation in commerce of anhydrous 

ammonia in DOT 3AAX cylinders. (modes 1, 2, 3). 


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