United States Department of TransportationInterpretation ID: aiam1916
Deputh Trade Delegate
Austrian Trade Delegation in the United States
845 Third Avenue
21st Floor
New York
NY 10022;
Dear Mr. Klug: This is in response to your letter of April 21, 1975, inquiring as t whether voltage regulators are of safety-related significance and therefore subject to the requirements of Pubic Law 93-492.; There are currently no motor vehicle safety standards regulating th performance of voltage regulators. However, under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act as amended (Pub. L. 93-492) the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to make a determination, in appropriate circumstances, that a motor vehicle or item of motor vehicle equipment contains a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety. If he finds that a safety-related defect exists, the manufacturer must notify purchasers of the hazard and recall and remedy the defective vehicles. Therefore, even though voltage regulators are not the subject of a safety standard, they still must be designed so as not to contain safety-related defects.; Yours truly, Richard B. Dyson, Assistant Chief Counsel