California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 3 - Air Resources Board › Chapter 2 - Enforcement of Vehicle Emission Standards and Surveillance Testing › Article 2.4 - Procedures for Reporting Failures of Emission-Related Components › Section 2145 - Field Information Report

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) On the
				  basis of data obtained and reported pursuant to section
				  2144 of these procedures, a
				  manufacturer shall file a field information report not more than 45 days after
				  an emission warranty information report indicates that a cumulative total of
				  unscreened warranty claims for a specific emission-related component is found
				  to exist in excess of the percentage of vehicles or trailers specified in
				  section 2143, unless the manufacturer has
				  committed to perform a recall by notifying the ARB of its intent in writing
				  within the 45-day period. A recall plan must be submitted within 45 days of
				  that notice.
(b) All field
				  information reports shall be submitted to the Chief, Emissions Certification
				  and Compliance Division, 4001 Iowa Ave, Riverside, CA 92507, and shall contain
				  the following information in substantially the format outlined below:
(1) The manufacturer's corporate
				  name.
(2) A field information
				  report number assigned by the manufacturer which shall be used in all related
				  correspondence.
(3) A description
				  of each class or category of California-certified vehicles, engines, or
				  trailers affected including make, model, model-year, engine family, test group,
				  vehicle family, or trailer family and such other information as may be required
				  to identify the vehicles or engines affected. The description shall include
				  those engine families, test groups, vehicle families, or trailer families
				  related to the affected engine family, test group, vehicle family, or trailer
				  family through common certification test data allowed under Title 40, Code of
				  Federal Regulations, Section
				  86.1839-01, as amended January 17,
				  2006 ("carry-over" and "carry-across" engine families, test groups, vehicle
				  families, or trailer families).
(4)
				  A description of the emission-related component that failed or was replaced or
				  repaired under warranty, the failure and the probable cause of the
				  failure.
(5) The number and
				  percentage of vehicles, engines, or trailers in each engine family or test
				  group, vehicle family, or trailer family for which a failure of a specific
				  emission-related component was identified. In the case of 2024 and subsequent
				  model year California-certified heavy-duty diesel and Otto-cycle engines, and
				  heavy-duty vehicles, the number and percentage of vehicles or engines in each
				  engine family or test group for which a failure of a specific emission-related
				  component was identified can only be modified within two years of submitting a
				  field information report and must be based on the analysis of a new set of
				  parts. A manufacturer must submit a revised field information report to modify
				  the number and percentage of vehicles or engines in each engine family or test
				  group for which a failure or a specific emission-related component was
				  identified. The Executive Officer reserves the right to require manufacturers
				  to provide information regarding the parts such as, the associated vehicle
				  identification number, associated engine serial number, failure mode for each
				  part analyzed, mileage at time of failure, and methodology used to determine
				  the failure mode during the time period corresponding to the time component of
				  the useful life period of the engine family or test group.
(6) The total number and percentage of
				  unscreened warranty claims and failures of a specific emission-related
				  component projected to occur during the engine family's, test group's, vehicle
				  family's, or trailer family's useful life and a description of the method used
				  to project this number.
(7) An
				  estimated date when the failure of a specific emission-related component will
				  reach the levels specified in section
				  2143 of these
				  procedures.