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# Registered Importer Newsletters

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NHTSA issues guidance documents to help clarify the existing legal obligations of Registered Importers (RIs), and to help RIs and the public understand the statutes and regulations administered by NHTSA. These documents, indexed below by topic, address importing vehicles that are not originally manufactured to conform to all applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. 

# Newsletters by Topic

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Index

####                     Acknowledgement Letters                    **

                        - Registration/payment of fees:  Issue 20

####                     Address                    **

                        - Facilities:  Issue 8  and  Issue 13
                        - Mailing address:  Issue 20
                        - Registration: See  REGISTRATION
                        - Business changes:  Issue 60 ; see also  REGISTRATION MAINTENANCE

####                     Aftermarket (TPMS)                    **

                        - See: FMVSS No. 138

####                     Bonds                    **

                        - Bond:  Issue 4 ,  Issue 8 ,  Issue 58  
                        - Bond Forfeiture:  Issue 10  

####                     Canadian Vehicles                    **

                        - Canadian Motorcycles:  Issue 13
                        - Eligibility, blanket:  Issue 11 ,  Issue 12 ,  Issue 17 ,  Issue 21
                        - FMVSS No. 208 issues:  Issue 9 ,  Issue 38 ,  Issue 47
                        - Ineligible vehicles:  Issue 38 ,  Issue 47 ;  See also FMVSS No. 138
                        - TPMS:  *See FMVSS No. 138*

####                     Certification Labels                    **

                        - Missing (Canadian):  Issue 54
                        - See also   *Part 567*

####                     Civil Penalties                    **

                        - Amounts:  See 49 CFR part 578  
                        - Imposition:  Issue 13

####                     Conformity Packages                    **

                        - General content:  Issue 4 ,  Issue 11 ,  Issue 13 ,  Issue 15
                        - Photo quality:  Issue 7 ,  Issue 15 ,  Issue 43
                        - Preapproved Canadian vehicles (policy):  Issue 12
                        - Recall verification:  Issue 1 ,  Issue 10 ,  Issue 11 ,  Issue 12 ,  Issue 14 ,  Issue 16 ,  Issue 17 ,  Issue 32 ,  Issue 43 ,  Issue 59
                        - Signature:  Issue 43 ,  Issue 45
                        - Suggested statement of conformity:  Issue 9 ,  Issue 13 ,  Issue 15  (“required”),  Issue 17 ,  Issue 20 ,  Issue 29 ,  Issue 45
                        - Template:  Issue 11
                        - Timely submission:  Issue 4 ,  Issue 6 ,  Issue 7 ,  Issue 9 ,  Issue 10
                        - Vehicle summary sheet:  Issue 51 ,  Issue 61

####                     Conformity Statement                    **

                        - Signature:  Issue 43 ,  Issue 45
                        - Suggested statement of conformity:  Issue 9 ,  Issue 13 ,  Issue 15  (“required”),  Issue 17 ,  Issue 20 ,  Issue 29 ,  Issue 45

####                     Controls and Displays                    **

                        - See FMVSS No. 101

####                     Credit Cards                    **

                        - Payment for annual registration:   Issue 7 ,  Issue 12 ,  Issue 20
                        - Payment for conformity packages:  Issue 7 ,  Issue 12 ,  Issue 20

####                     Eligibility Petitions                    **

                        - Basis:  Issue 10
                        - General content advice:  Issue 3 ,  Issue 5  
                        - GVWR:  Issue 43
                        - Include VIN:  Issue 1 ,  Issue 3
                        - Model year:  Issue 19
                        - Parts numbers:  Issue 17
                        - Right hand drive (RHD) vehicles:  Issue 40

####                     Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards                    **

                        - No. 101                           - Electronic speedometer/odometer:  Issue 15
                          - Odometer Labeling:  Issue 14 
                        - No. 108                           - Daytime running lights:  Issue 14 
                        - No. 110/120                           - Placard:  Issue 33 
                        - No. 123                           - Canadian Motorcycles:  Issue 13 
                        - No. 138                           - Canadian noncompliances:  Issue 50 ,  Issue 53 ,  Issue 55 ,  Issue 63
                          - Noncompliant 2014 Cruz:  Issue 47
                          - Suitability of aftermarket retrofit (Canadian):  Issue 50 ,  Issue 53 ,  Issue 55 ,  Issue 63 
                        - No. 201                           - 201U:  Issue 16
                          - Noncompliant 2014 Cruz (Canada):  Issue 47 
                        - No. 208                           - Advanced Airbag:  Issue 26
                          - Airbags, Mercedes (1993):  Issue 1
                          - Canadian market:  Issue 9 ,  Issue 38 ,  Issue 47
                          - Designated seating positions:  Issue 5
                          - Noncompliant 2010 Cobalt/HHR (Canada):  Issue 38
                          - Noncompliant 2014 Cruz (Canada):  Issue 47 
                        - No. 214                           - General/Phase in:  Issue 6 
                        - No. 301                           - General for petition:  Issue 5
                          - Range Rover (1987):  Issue 2 
                        - No. 305                           - Effective date:  Issue 19 
                        - No. 401:                            - General:  Issue 20 

***Other Applicable Regulations***
                        - Part 541                            - list updates:  Issue 6 ,  Issue 11 ,  Issue 12 ,  Issue 14 
                        - Part 567                           - General:  Issue 15 ,  Issue 17 ,  Issue 34  (amendments) 

####                     Insurance                    **

                        - Recall service insurance:  Issue 16 ,  Issue 17 ,  Issue 19 ,  Issue 59

####                     Lighting                    **

*See FMVSS No. 108*

####                     Recalls                    **

                        - Recall notification:  Issue 16 ,  Issue 32 ,  Issue 59
                        - Recall remedy:  Issue 11 ,  Issue 12 ,  Issue 13 ,  Issue 14 ,  Issue 16 ,  Issue 18  (tread act),  Issue 32 ,  Issue 59 
                        - Recall reporting:  Issue 6 ,  Issue 11 ,  Issue 13 ,  Issue 14 ,  Issue 17  (to ODI),  Issue 32
                        - Recall service insurance:  Issue 16 ,  Issue 17 ,  Issue 19 ,  Issue 59
                        - Recall verification for conformity packages:  Issue 1 ,  Issue 10 ,  Issue 11 ,  Issue 12 ,  Issue 14 ,  Issue 16 ,  Issue 17 ,  Issue 32 ,  Issue 43 ,  Issue 59

####                     Registration                    **

                        - Maintenance of: recurring; most recent:  Issue 64

####                     Revocation and Suspension                     **

                        - General:  Issue 7 ,  Issue 13 ,  Issue 27
                        - List of revoked and suspended RIs (to date of newsletter):  Issue 27

####                     RI Business Practices                    **

                        - Business changes: recurring; most recent:  Issue 60
                        - Certification responsibility:  Issue 8 ,  Issue 13 ,  Issue 15
                        - Contract/agreement for conformity work:  Issue 1
                        - Importing for resale:  Issue 4
                        - Records retention:  Issue 16
                        - Subcontracting:  Issue 8 ,  Issue 13 ,  Issue 16 ,  Issue 17 
                        - “Thirty Day Hold”:  Issue 6 ,  Issue 9 ,  Issue 58
                        - Timely submission:  Issue 4 ,  Issue 6 ,  Issue 7 ,  Issue 9 ,  Issue 10
                        - Vehicle Titling:  Issue 16 ,  Issue 58

####                     Salvage Vehicles                    **

                        - Prohibition:  Issue 16

####                     Speedometer                    **

                        - See FMVSS No. 101

####                     Thirty Day Hold                     **

                        - Guidance:  Issue 6 ,  Issue 9 ,  Issue 58
                        - Potential enforcement:  Issue 58

####                     Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems                    **

                        - See FMVSS No. 138

####                     Vehicle Eligibility Concerns                    **

                        - Canadian Motorcycles:  Issue 13
                        - Canadian blanket eligibility:  Issue 11 ,  Issue 12 ,  Issue 17 ,  Issue 21
                        - Chinese/Russian motorcycles:  Issue 1
                        - Incomplete vehicles:  Issue 16
                        - Ineligible Canadian vehicles:  Issue 38 ,  Issue 47
                        - Mexican vehicles:  Issue 9
                        - Range Rover (1987):  Issue 2
                        - Salvage vehicles:  Issue 16