Interpretation ID: aiam2110
Assistant Manager
Safety & Environmental Activities
American Honda Motor Co.
Inc.
P.O. Box 50 - 100 W. Alondra Blvd.
Gardena
CA 90247;
Dear Mr. Gill: This is in response to your letter of October 14, 1975, in which yo request an interpretation of Standard No. 301 as it applies to a vehicle with an electric fuel pump that operates only when the ignition switch is in the 'ON' position and the engine oil pressure is within the normal operating range.; You indicate in you letter that, in effect, the fuel pump can onl operate when the vehicle's engine is running. Paragraph S7.1.3 of Standard No. 301 requires that an electrically driven fuel pump be operating at the time of the crash tests if the pump 'normally runs when the vehicle's electrical system is activated.' It appears from your letter that activation of the electrical system by switching the ignition to 'ON' will not by itself activate the fuel pump. As a result, the pump need not be operating at the time of the crash tests.; Sincerely, Frank A Berndt, Acting Chief Counsel