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Title 49 → Subtitle B → Chapter V → Part 523
§523.1 Scope.
§523.3 Automobile.
§523.4 Passenger automobile.
§523.6 Heavy-duty vehicle.
§523.8 Heavy-duty vocational vehicle.
§523.9 Truck tractors.
§523.10 Heavy-duty trailers.
This part establishes categories of vehicles that are subject to title V of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act, 15 U.S.C. 2001 et seq.
(Sec. 301, Pub. L. 94-163, 80 Stat. 901 (15 U.S.C. 2001))
[42 FR 38362, July 28, 1977]
Link to an amendment published at 85 FR 25272, Apr. 30, 2020.
(a) An automobile is any 4-wheeled vehicle that is propelled by fuel, or by alternative fuel, manufactured primarily for use on public streets, roads, and highways and rated at less than 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, except:
(2) A vehicle manufactured in different stages by 2 or more manufacturers, if no intermediate or final-stage manufacturer of that vehicle manufactures more than 10,000 multi-stage vehicles per year; or
(3) A work truck.
(b) The following vehicles rated at more than 6,000 pounds and less than 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight are determined to be automobiles:
(1) Vehicles which would satisfy the criteria in §523.4 (relating to passenger automobiles) but for their gross vehicle weight rating.
(2) Vehicles which would satisfy the criteria in §523.5 (relating to light trucks) but for their gross vehicle weight rating, and which
(i) Have a basic vehicle frontal area of 45 square feet or less,
(ii) Have a curb weight of 6,000 pounds or less,
(iii) Have a gross vehicle weight rating of 8,500 pounds or less, and
(iv) Are manufactured during the 1980 model year or thereafter.
(3) Vehicles that are defined as medium duty passenger vehicles, and which are manufactured during the 2011 model year or thereafter.
(Sec. 9, Pub. L. 89-670, 80 Stat. 981 (49 U.S.C. 1657); sec. 301, Pub. L. 94-163, 89 Stat. 901 (15 U.S.C. 2002); delegation of authority at 41 FR 25015, June 22, 1976)
[42 FR 38362, July 28, 1977, as amended at 43 FR 12013, Mar. 23, 1978; 44 FR 4493, Jan. 2, 1979; 71 FR 17676, Apr. 6, 2006; 74 FR 14449, Mar. 30, 2009]
A passenger automobile is any automobile (other than an automobile capable of off-highway operation) manufactured primarily for use in the transportation of not more than 10 individuals.
(a) A heavy-duty vehicle is any commercial medium or heavy-duty on-highway vehicle or a work truck, as defined in 49 U.S.C. 32901(a)(7) and (19). For the purpose of this section, heavy-duty vehicles are divided into four regulatory categories as follows:
(1) Heavy-duty pickup trucks and vans;
(2) Heavy-duty vocational vehicles;
(3) Truck tractors with a GVWR above 26,000 pounds; and
(4) Heavy-duty trailers.
(b) The heavy-duty vehicle classification does not include vehicles excluded as specified in 49 CFR 535.3.
Heavy-duty vocational vehicles are vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) above 8,500 pounds excluding:
(a) Heavy-duty pickup trucks and vans defined in §523.7;
(b) Medium duty passenger vehicles; and
(c) Truck tractors, except vocational tractors, with a GVWR above 26,000 pounds;
[76 FR 57491, Sept. 15, 2011]
Truck tractors for the purpose of this part are considered as any truck tractor as defined in 49 CFR part 571 having a GVWR above 26,000 pounds.
(a) A trailer means a motor vehicle with or without motive power, designed for carrying cargo and for being drawn by another motor vehicle as defined in 49 CFR 571.3. For the purpose of this part, heavy-duty trailers include only those trailers designed to be drawn by a truck tractor excluding non-box trailers other than flatbed trailer, tanker trailers and container chassis and those that are coupled to vehicles exclusively by pintle hooks or hitches instead of a fifth wheel. Heavy-duty trailers may be divided into different types and categories as follows:
(1) Box vans are trailers with enclosed cargo space that is permanently attached to the chassis, with fixed sides, nose, and roof. Tank trailers are not box vans.
(2) Box van with front-mounted HVAC systems are refrigerated vans. Note that this includes systems that provide cooling, heating, or both. All other box vans are dry vans.
(3) Trailers that are not box vans are non-box trailers. Note that the standards for non-box trailers in 49 CFR 535.5(e)(2) apply only to flatbed trailers, tank trailers, and container chassis.
(4) Box van with a length greater than 50 feet are long box vans. Other box vans are short box vans.
(5) The following types of equipment are not trailers:
(i) Containers that are not permanently mounted on chassis.
(ii) Dollies used to connect tandem trailers.
(iii) Equipment that serves similar purposes but are not intended to be pulled by a tractor.
(b) Heavy-duty trailers do not include trailers excluded in 49 CFR 535.3.
{81 FR 74237, Oct. 25, 2016]