United States Department of TransportationInterpretation ID: aiam2114
Nissan Motor Co.
Ltd.
P.O. Box 1606
Englewood Cliffs
NJ 07632;
Dear Mr. Suzuki: This is in response to your letter of October 15, 1975, in which yo request an interpretation of paragraph S7.1.3 of Standard No. 301, as to whether it is permissible to stop an electric fuel pump prior to the rollover test.; Paragraph S7.1.3 provides that 'If the vehicle has an electricall driven fuel pump that normally runs when the vehicle's electrical system is activated, it is operating at the time of a barrier crash.' The static rollover test specified by S6.4 is not a barrier crash, and therefore is not covered by S7.1.3. In the amendments to Standard No. 301 published on October 15, 1975 (40 FR 48352), the addition of the phrase 'In meeting the requirements of S6.1 through S6.3' to S7.1.3 clarifies the intent of the agency not to require that an electric fuel pump be operating at the time of the rollover test, because the rollover test is required by paragraph S6.4. Therefore, you may turn off the pump if it is still working at the time of the static rollover test.; Sincerely, Frank Berndt, Acting Chief Counsel