49 CFR § 573.5 - Defect and noncompliance responsibility.

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title: "49 CFR § 573.5 - Defect and noncompliance responsibility."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "573.5"
section_name: "Defect and noncompliance responsibility."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
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part_name: "DEFECT AND NONCOMPLIANCE RESPONSIBILITY AND REPORTS"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 30102, 30103, 30116-30121, 30166, Pub. L. 112-141, 126 Stat. 405; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and 49 CFR 501.8."
regulatory_source: "43 FR 60169, Dec. 26, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
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# 573.5 Defect and noncompliance responsibility.

(a) Each manufacturer of a motor vehicle shall be responsible for any safety-related defect or any noncompliance determined to exist in the vehicle or in any item of original equipment.

(b) Each manufacturer of an item of replacement equipment shall be responsible for any safety-related defect or any noncompliance determined to exist in the equipment.

[67 FR 45872, July 10, 2002]