NHTSA issues guidance documents to help clarify the existing legal obligations of Registered Importers (RIs), and to help RIs and the public understand the statutes and regulations administered by NHTSA. These documents, indexed below by topic, address importing vehicles that are not originally manufactured to conform to all applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.

Newsletters by Topic

Index

Acknowledgement Letters

Registration/payment of fees: Issue 20

Address

Facilities: Issue 8 and Issue 13
Mailing address: Issue 20
Registration: See REGISTRATION
Business changes: Issue 60; see also REGISTRATION MAINTENANCE

Aftermarket (TPMS)

See: FMVSS No. 138

Bonds

Bond: Issue 4, Issue 8, Issue 58
Bond Forfeiture: Issue 10

Canadian Vehicles

Canadian Motorcycles: Issue 13
Eligibility, blanket: Issue 11, Issue 12, Issue 17, Issue 21
FMVSS No. 208 issues: Issue 9, Issue 38, Issue 47
Ineligible vehicles: Issue 38, Issue 47; See also FMVSS No. 138
TPMS: See FMVSS No. 138

Certification Labels

Missing (Canadian): Issue 54
See also Part 567

Civil Penalties

Amounts: See 49 CFR part 578
Imposition: Issue 13

Conformity Packages

General content: Issue 4, Issue 11, Issue 13, Issue 15
Photo quality: Issue 7, Issue 15, Issue 43
Preapproved Canadian vehicles (policy): Issue 12
Recall verification: Issue 1, Issue 10, Issue 11, Issue 12, Issue 14, Issue 16, Issue 17, Issue 32, Issue 43, Issue 59
Signature: Issue 43, Issue 45
Suggested statement of conformity: Issue 9, Issue 13, Issue 15 (“required”), Issue 17, Issue 20, Issue 29, Issue 45
Template: Issue 11
Timely submission: Issue 4, Issue 6, Issue 7, Issue 9, Issue 10
Vehicle summary sheet: Issue 51, Issue 61

Conformity Statement

Signature: Issue 43, Issue 45
Suggested statement of conformity: Issue 9, Issue 13, Issue 15 (“required”), Issue 17, Issue 20, Issue 29, Issue 45

Controls and Displays

See FMVSS No. 101

Credit Cards

Payment for annual registration: Issue 7, Issue 12, Issue 20
Payment for conformity packages: Issue 7, Issue 12, Issue 20

Eligibility Petitions

Basis: Issue 10
General content advice: Issue 3, Issue 5
GVWR: Issue 43
Include VIN: Issue 1, Issue 3
Model year: Issue 19
Parts numbers: Issue 17
Right hand drive (RHD) vehicles: Issue 40

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards

No. 101
- Electronic speedometer/odometer: Issue 15
- Odometer Labeling: Issue 14
No. 108
- Daytime running lights: Issue 14
No. 110/120
- Placard: Issue 33
No. 123
- Canadian Motorcycles: Issue 13
No. 138
- Canadian noncompliances: Issue 50, Issue 53, Issue 55, Issue 63
- Noncompliant 2014 Cruz: Issue 47
- Suitability of aftermarket retrofit (Canadian): Issue 50, Issue 53, Issue 55, Issue 63
No. 201
- 201U: Issue 16
- Noncompliant 2014 Cruz (Canada): Issue 47
No. 208
- Advanced Airbag: Issue 26
- Airbags, Mercedes (1993): Issue 1
- Canadian market: Issue 9, Issue 38, Issue 47
- Designated seating positions: Issue 5
- Noncompliant 2010 Cobalt/HHR (Canada): Issue 38
- Noncompliant 2014 Cruz (Canada): Issue 47
No. 214
- General/Phase in: Issue 6
No. 301
- General for petition: Issue 5
- Range Rover (1987): Issue 2
No. 305
- Effective date: Issue 19
No. 401:
- General: Issue 20