[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 245 (Monday, December 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66887-66891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33251]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Annual List of Defect and Noncompliance Decisions Affecting 
Nonconforming Imported Vehicles

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Annual list of defect and noncompliance decisions affecting 
nonconforming imported vehicles.

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SUMMARY: This document contains a list of vehicles recalled by their 
manufacturers during Fiscal Year 1997 (October 1, 1996 through 
September 30, 1997) to correct a safety-related defect or a 
noncompliance with an applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standard 
(FMVSS). The listed vehicles are those that have been decided by NHTSA 
to be substantially similar to vehicles imported into the United States 
that were not originally manufactured to conform to all applicable 
FMVSS. The registered importers of those nonconforming vehicles are 
obligated to provide their owners with notification of, and a remedy 
for, the defects or noncompliances for which the listed vehicles were 
recalled.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Entwistle, Office of Vehicle 
Safety Compliance, NHTSA (202-366-5306).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 49 U.S.C. Sec. 30141(a)(1)(A), a motor 
vehicle that was not originally manufactured to conform to all 
applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS) shall be 
refused admission into the United States unless NHTSA has decided that 
the motor vehicle is substantially similar to a motor vehicle of the 
same model year that was originally manufactured for importation into 
and sale in the United States and certified under 49 U.S.C. Sec. 30115. 
Once NHTSA decides that a nonconforming vehicle is eligible for 
importation, it may be imported by a person who is registered with the 
agency pursuant to 49 U.S.C. Sec. 30141(c). Before releasing the 
vehicle for use on public streets, roads, or highways, the registered 
importer must certify to NHTSA, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. Sec. 30146(a), 
that the vehicle has been brought into conformity with all applicable 
FMVSS.
    If a vehicle originally manufactured for importation into and sale 
in the United States is decided to contain a defect related to motor 
vehicle safety, or not to comply with an applicable FMVSS, 49 U.S.C. 
Sec. 30147(a)(1)(A) provides that the same defect or noncompliance is 
deemed to exist in any nonconforming vehicle that NHTSA has decided to 
be substantially similar and for which a registered importer has 
submitted a certificate of conformity to the agency. Under 49 U.S.C. 
Sec. 30147(a)(1)(B), the registered importer is deemed to be the 
nonconforming vehicle's manufacturer for the purpose of providing 
notification of, and a remedy for, the defect or noncompliance.
    To apprise registered importers of the vehicles for which they must 
conduct a notification and remedy (i.e., ``recall'') campaign, 49 
U.S.C. Sec. 30147(a)(2) requires NHTSA to publish in the Federal 
Register notice of any defect or noncompliance decision that is made 
with respect to substantially similar U.S. certified vehicles. Annex A 
contains a list of all such decisions that were made during Fiscal Year 
1997, which ran from October 1, 1996 through September 30, 1997. The 
list identifies the Recall Number that was assigned to the recall by 
NHTSA after the agency received the manufacturer's notification of the 
defect or noncompliance under 49 CFR part 573. After September 30, 
1998, NHTSA will publish a comparable list of all defect and 
noncompliance decisions affecting nonconforming imported vehicles that 
are made during the current fiscal year.

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. Sec. 30147(a)(2); 49 CFR 593.8; delegations 
of authority at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.8.

    Issued on: December 16, 1997.
Marilynne Jacobs,
Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.

Annex A

                   Fiscal Year 97 Recalls Affecting Vehicles Imported by Registered Importers                   
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                     Make                                     Model                Model year      Recall No.   
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BENTLEY.......................................  AZURE...........................         1996          97V122000
BENTLEY.......................................  CONTINENTAL.....................         1994          97V122000
BMW...........................................  318TI...........................         1995          97V131000
BMW...........................................  325I............................         1992          97V131000
BMW...........................................  525I............................         1989          97V131000
BMW...........................................  525I............................         1990          97V131000
BMW...........................................  540I............................         1994          97V131000
BMW...........................................  540I............................         1995          97V131000
BMW...........................................  Z3..............................         1996          97V131000
BUICK.........................................  PARK AVENUE.....................         1997          97V036000
BUICK.........................................  PARK AVENUE.....................         1997          97V064000
BUICK.........................................  REGAL...........................         1990          97V058000
BUICK.........................................  REGAL...........................         1994          97V017000
CHEVROLET.....................................  BLAZER..........................         1995          96V234000

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CHEVROLET.....................................  BLAZER..........................         1995          97V066000
CHEVROLET.....................................  BLAZER..........................         1996          96V234000
CHEVROLET.....................................  BLAZER..........................         1996          97V066000
CHEVROLET.....................................  BLAZER..........................         1996          97V096000
CHEVROLET.....................................  BLAZER..........................         1996          97V096001
CHEVROLET.....................................  BLAZER..........................         1997          97V066000
CHEVROLET.....................................  BLAZER..........................         1997          97V096000
CHEVROLET.....................................  BLAZER..........................         1997          97V096001
CHEVROLET.....................................  C30.............................         1995          97V037000
CHEVROLET.....................................  CAVALIER........................         1995          96V250000
CHEVROLET.....................................  CAVALIER........................         1996          96V250000
CHEVROLET.....................................  CAVALIER........................         1996          96V257000
CHEVROLET.....................................  CORVETTE........................         1997          97V044000
CHEVROLET.....................................  CORVETTE........................         1997          97V104000
CHEVROLET.....................................  CORVETTE........................         1997          97V105000
CHEVROLET.....................................  CORVETTE........................         1997          97V108000
CHEVROLET.....................................  G30.............................         1996          96V186000
CHEVROLET.....................................  LUMINA..........................         1990          97V058000
CHEVROLET.....................................  LUMINA..........................         1995          97V017000
CHEVROLET.....................................  LUMINA..........................         1995          97V065000
CHEVROLET.....................................  MALIBU..........................         1997          97V107000
CHEVROLET.....................................  MONTE CARLO.....................         1995          97V017000
CHEVROLET.....................................  MONTE CARLO.....................         1995          97V065000
CHEVROLET.....................................  S10.............................         1989          96V195000
CHEVROLET.....................................  S10.............................         1991          96V195000
CHEVROLET.....................................  S10.............................         1992          96V195000
CHEVROLET.....................................  S10.............................         1993          96V195000
CHEVROLET.....................................  S10.............................         1994          96V195000
CHEVROLET.....................................  S10.............................         1994          97V096000
CHEVROLET.....................................  S10.............................         1994          97V096001
CHEVROLET.....................................  S10.............................         1995          96V195000
CHEVROLET.....................................  S10.............................         1995          97V096000
CHEVROLET.....................................  S10.............................         1995          97V096001
CHEVROLET.....................................  S10.............................         1996          97V008000
CHEVROLET.....................................  S10.............................         1996          97V008001
CHEVROLET.....................................  S10.............................         1996          97V096000
CHEVROLET.....................................  S10.............................         1996          97V096001
CHEVROLET.....................................  S10.............................         1996          97V146000
CHEVROLET.....................................  S10.............................         1996          97V146001
CHEVROLET.....................................  SUBURBAN........................         1991          96V226000
CHEVROLET.....................................  SUBURBAN........................         1995          97V066000
CHEVROLET.....................................  SUBURBAN........................         1996          97V066000
CHEVROLET.....................................  SUBURBAN........................         1997          97V066000
CHRYSLER......................................  TOWN AND COUNTRY................         1997          96V215000
DODGE.........................................  B250............................         1996          97V066000
DODGE.........................................  CARAVAN.........................         1991          96V229000
DODGE.........................................  CARAVAN.........................         1991          97V148000
DODGE.........................................  CARAVAN.........................         1991          97V149000
DODGE.........................................  CARAVAN.........................         1992          96V229000
DODGE.........................................  CARAVAN.........................         1992          97V079000
DODGE.........................................  CARAVAN.........................         1992          97V148000
DODGE.........................................  CARAVAN.........................         1992          97V149000
DODGE.........................................  CARAVAN.........................         1993          97V148000
DODGE.........................................  CARAVAN.........................         1993          97V149000
DODGE.........................................  CARAVAN.........................         1997          96V215000
DODGE.........................................  D250............................         1996          97V066000
DODGE.........................................  DAKOTA..........................         1997          97V080000
DODGE.........................................  GRAND CARAVAN...................         1992          96V229000
DODGE.........................................  GRAND CARAVAN...................         1992          97V079000
DODGE.........................................  GRAND CARAVAN...................         1992          97V148000
DODGE.........................................  GRAND CARAVAN...................         1992          97V149000
DODGE.........................................  GRAND CARAVAN...................         1993          97V148000
DODGE.........................................  GRAND CARAVAN...................         1993          97V149000
DODGE.........................................  GRAND CARAVAN...................         1997          96V215000
DODGE.........................................  NEON............................         1995          96V228000
DODGE.........................................  NEON............................         1997          97V080000
DODGE.........................................  RAM.............................         1994          96V230000
DODGE.........................................  RAM.............................         1994          97V084000
DODGE.........................................  RAM.............................         1995          96V230000
DODGE.........................................  RAM.............................         1995          97V068000
DODGE.........................................  RAM.............................         1995          97V084000
DODGE.........................................  RAM.............................         1996          97V068000

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DODGE.........................................  RAM.............................         1996          97V084000
DODGE.........................................  RAM.............................         1997          97V084000
DODGE.........................................  RAM.............................         1997          97V126000
DODGE.........................................  SHADOW..........................         1992          96V229000
DODGE.........................................  SHADOW..........................         1992          97V078000
DODGE.........................................  STRATUS.........................         1996          97V095000
DODGE.........................................  STRATUS.........................         1997          97V095000
FORD..........................................  CONTOUR.........................         1996          97V067000
FORD..........................................  CROWN VICTORIA..................         1992          97V024000
FORD..........................................  CROWN VICTORIA..................         1994          97V024000
FORD..........................................  CROWN VICTORIA..................         1995          97V024000
FORD..........................................  CROWN VICTORIA..................         1996          97V024000
FORD..........................................  E150............................         1995          97V066000
FORD..........................................  E150............................         1996          97V066000
FORD..........................................  E150............................         1997          97V066000
FORD..........................................  EXPEDITION......................         1997          96V252000
FORD..........................................  EXPLORER........................         1993          97V083000
FORD..........................................  EXPLORER........................         1994          97V083000
FORD..........................................  EXPLORER........................         1995          97V136000
FORD..........................................  EXPLORER........................         1996          97V074000
FORD..........................................  EXPLORER........................         1996          97V136000
FORD..........................................  EXPLORER........................         1997          97V074000
FORD..........................................  EXPLORER........................         1997          97V136000
FORD..........................................  F150............................         1995          97V066000
FORD..........................................  F150............................         1996          97V066000
FORD..........................................  F150............................         1997          96V251000
FORD..........................................  F150............................         1997          96V256000
FORD..........................................  F150............................         1997          97V066000
FORD..........................................  F150............................         1997          97V147000
FORD..........................................  TAURUS..........................         1992          97V019000
FORD..........................................  TAURUS..........................         1992          97V025000
FORD..........................................  TAURUS..........................         1993          97V019000
FORD..........................................  TAURUS..........................         1993          97V025000
FORD..........................................  TAURUS..........................         1994          97V019000
FORD..........................................  TAURUS..........................         1994          97V025000
FORD..........................................  TAURUS..........................         1995          97V019000
FORD..........................................  TAURUS..........................         1995          97V025000
FORD..........................................  TAURUS..........................         1996          96V166000
FORD..........................................  TAURUS..........................         1996          96V176000
FORD..........................................  TAURUS..........................         1997          96V166000
FORD..........................................  TAURUS..........................         1997          97V097000
FORD..........................................  TEMPO...........................         1992          97V019000
FORD..........................................  TEMPO...........................         1993          97V019000
FORD..........................................  TEMPO...........................         1994          97V019000
FORD..........................................  WINDSTAR........................         1996          96V166000
FORD..........................................  WINDSTAR........................         1997          97V097000
FORD..........................................  WINDSTAR........................         1998          97V097000
FREIGHTLINER..................................  FL80............................         1994          97V114001
GMC...........................................  JIMMY...........................         1995          96V234000
GMC...........................................  JIMMY...........................         1996          96V234000
GMC...........................................  JIMMY...........................         1996          97V096000
GMC...........................................  JIMMY...........................         1996          97V096001
GMC...........................................  JIMMY...........................         1997          97V096000
GMC...........................................  JIMMY...........................         1997          97V096001
GMC...........................................  S15.............................         1994          97V096000
GMC...........................................  S15.............................         1995          97V096000
GMC...........................................  SAFARI..........................         1996          97V057000
GMC...........................................  SONOMA..........................         1994          97V096001
GMC...........................................  SONOMA..........................         1995          97V096001
GMC...........................................  SONOMA..........................         1996          97V008000
GMC...........................................  SONOMA..........................         1996          97V008001
GMC...........................................  SONOMA..........................         1996          97V096001
GMC...........................................  SONOMA..........................         1996          97V146000
GMC...........................................  SONOMA..........................         1996          97V146001
GMC...........................................  SUBURBAN........................         1991          96V226000
GMC...........................................  SUBURBAN........................         1995          97V066000
GMC...........................................  SUBURBAN........................         1996          97V066000
GMC...........................................  SUBURBAN........................         1997          97V066000
HARLEY DAVIDSON...............................  SOFTAIL.........................         1995          96V204000
HARLEY DAVIDSON...............................  SOFTAIL.........................         1996          96V204000
HONDA.........................................  ACCORD..........................         1995          96V217000
ISUZU.........................................  RODEO...........................         1994          96V170002

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ISUZU.........................................  RODEO...........................         1995          97V034000
ISUZU.........................................  RODEO...........................         1995          97V034001
JEEP..........................................  CHEROKEE........................         1989          96V260000
JEEP..........................................  CHEROKEE........................         1990          96V260000
JEEP..........................................  CHEROKEE........................         1991          96V260000
JEEP..........................................  CHEROKEE........................         1993          97V069000
JEEP..........................................  CHEROKEE........................         1994          97V069000
JEEP..........................................  CHEROKEE........................         1995          97V069000
JEEP..........................................  CHEROKEE........................         1996          97V066000
JEEP..........................................  CHEROKEE........................         1996          97V069000
JEEP..........................................  GRAND CHEROKEE..................         1996          97V039000
JEEP..........................................  GRAND CHEROKEE..................         1997          97V080000
JEEP..........................................  WRANGLER........................         1997          97V080000
KENWORTH......................................  T800............................         1997          97V139000
LINCOLN.......................................  CONTINENTAL.....................         1992          97V019000
LINCOLN.......................................  CONTINENTAL.....................         1992          97V025000
LINCOLN.......................................  CONTINENTAL.....................         1993          97V019000
LINCOLN.......................................  CONTINENTAL.....................         1993          97V025000
LINCOLN.......................................  CONTINENTAL.....................         1994          97V019000
LINCOLN.......................................  CONTINENTAL.....................         1994          97V025000
MCI...........................................  102D3...........................         1997          97V053000
MERCURY.......................................  SABLE...........................         1992          97V019000
MERCURY.......................................  SABLE...........................         1992          97V025000
MERCURY.......................................  SABLE...........................         1993          97V019000
MERCURY.......................................  SABLE...........................         1993          97V025000
MERCURY.......................................  SABLE...........................         1994          97V019000
MERCURY.......................................  SABLE...........................         1994          97V025000
MERCURY.......................................  SABLE...........................         1995          97V019000
MERCURY.......................................  SABLE...........................         1995          97V025000
MERCURY.......................................  SABLE...........................         1996          96V166000
MERCURY.......................................  SABLE...........................         1996          96V176000
MERCURY.......................................  SABLE...........................         1997          96V166000
MERCURY.......................................  TOPAZ...........................         1993          97V019000
MERCURY.......................................  TOPAZ...........................         1994          97V019000
MERCURY.......................................  VILLAGER........................         1995          96V253000
MERCURY.......................................  VILLAGER........................         1995          96V253001
NISSAN........................................  PATHFINDER......................         1994          96V170001
OLDSMOBILE....................................  CUTLASS.........................         1990          97V058000
OLDSMOBILE....................................  CUTLASS.........................         1994          97V017000
PLYMOUTH......................................  BREEZE..........................         1996          97V095000
PLYMOUTH......................................  BREEZE..........................         1997          97V095000
PLYMOUTH......................................  GRAND VOYAGER...................         1991          96V229000
PLYMOUTH......................................  GRAND VOYAGER...................         1991          97V148000
PLYMOUTH......................................  GRAND VOYAGER...................         1991          97V149000
PLYMOUTH......................................  GRAND VOYAGER...................         1992          96V229000
PLYMOUTH......................................  GRAND VOYAGER...................         1992          96V229000
PLYMOUTH......................................  GRAND VOYAGER...................         1992          97V079000
PLYMOUTH......................................  GRAND VOYAGER...................         1992          97V148000
PLYMOUTH......................................  GRAND VOYAGER...................         1992          97V149000
PLYMOUTH......................................  GRAND VOYAGER...................         1993          97V148000
PLYMOUTH......................................  GRAND VOYAGER...................         1993          97V149000
PLYMOUTH......................................  NEON............................         1995          96V228000
PLYMOUTH......................................  VOYAGER.........................         1991          96V229000
PLYMOUTH......................................  VOYAGER.........................         1991          97V148000
PLYMOUTH......................................  VOYAGER.........................         1991          97V149000
PLYMOUTH......................................  VOYAGER.........................         1992          96V229000
PLYMOUTH......................................  VOYAGER.........................         1992          97V079000
PLYMOUTH......................................  VOYAGER.........................         1992          97V148000
PLYMOUTH......................................  VOYAGER.........................         1992          97V149000
PLYMOUTH......................................  VOYAGER.........................         1993          97V148000
PLYMOUTH......................................  VOYAGER.........................         1993          97V149000
PONTIAC.......................................  GRAND PRIX......................         1994          97V017000
PONTIAC.......................................  GRAND PRIX......................         1995          97V065000
PONTIAC.......................................  GRAND AM........................         1996          96V250000
PONTIAC.......................................  GRAND AM........................         1996          96V257000
PONTIAC.......................................  GRAND AM........................         1997          97V059000
PONTIAC.......................................  SUNFIRE.........................         1995          96V250000
PONTIAC.......................................  SUNFIRE.........................         1996          96V250000
PONTIAC.......................................  SUNFIRE.........................         1996          96V257000
ROLLS ROYCE...................................  FLYING SPUR.....................         1995          97V122000
ROLLS ROYCE...................................  SILVER SPUR.....................         1996          97V122000

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TOYOTA........................................  CAMRY...........................         1997          97V156000
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