Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Power-Operated Window, Partition, and Roof Panel Systems

Mon, Jul 7 2008 11:00:00 GMT

This document responds to two petitions for reconsideration of a final rule amending the Federal motor vehicle safety standard for poweroperated window, partition, and roof panel systems. The subject final rule, statutorily mandated and published in April 2006, established a new safety requirement for vehicle power window switches, specifically that such switches have a ``pulltoclose'' design. That final rule set a compliance date of October 1, 2008, which was the same as the compliance date for a rule published in September 2004 that amended the standard to include a performance test to prevent inadvertent actuation of power window switches, particularly by children. Petitions for reconsideration were submitted by the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (Alliance) and DaimlerChrysler Corporation. The petitioners requested an extension of the compliance date by two years, as well as additional amendments to the standard.

This document grants the requests common to both petitions for an add

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Windshield Zone Intrusion

Mon, Jul 7 2008 11:00:00 GMT

This document proposes to rescind Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 219, ``Windshield zone intrusion.'' This proposed action results from NHTSA's periodic review of its regulations to determine whether a continuing safety need exists for the standard under review. NHTSA tentatively concludes that the windshield zone intrusion standard is no longer necessary because other FMVSSs are now in place to meet the safety need that the standard had addressed.

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Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Power-Operated Window, Partition, and Roof Panel Systems

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Windshield Zone Intrusion