Interpretation ID: aiam3042
Manager
Product Compliance
Subaru of America
Inc.
7040 Central Highway
Pennsauken
NJ 08109;
Dear Mr. Schrum: This is in response to your letter of June 4, 1979, concerning Subaru' obligation to provide to prospective motor vehicle purchasers an explanation of the Uniform Tire Quality Grading (UTOG) Standards (49 CFR 575.104(d)(1)(ii)). You ask whether Subaru must provide UTOG information to prospective purchasers prior to April 1, 1980, in view of the fact that all motor vehicles sold by your company are equipped with radial tires.; With respect to radial tires, the effective date for all requirement of the UTOG regulation, other than the molding requirement of paragraph (d)(1)(i)(A) and the first purchaser requirement of paragraph (d)(1)(iii), is April 1, 1980. Therefore, manufacturers, such as Subaru, which offer for sale only motor vehicles equipped with radial tires, need not provide UTOG information for examination by prospective purchasers prior to April 1, 1980.; Sincerely, Frank Berndt, Chief Counsel