49 CFR § 573.9 - Address for submitting required reports and other information.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s573.9"
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title: "49 CFR § 573.9 - Address for submitting required reports and other information."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "573.9"
section_name: "Address for submitting required reports and other information."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "573"
part_name: "DEFECT AND NONCOMPLIANCE RESPONSIBILITY AND REPORTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
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."
cfr_part: "573"
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# 573.9 Address for submitting required reports and other information.

All submissions, except as otherwise required by this part, shall be submitted to NHTSA on the Internet Web page *http://www.safercar.gov/Vehicle + Manufacturers.* A manufacturer must use the templates provided at this Web page for all submissions required under this section. Defect and noncompliance information reports required by § 573.6 of this part shall be submitted using one of the following forms, depending upon the type of product that is the subject of the report: “Defect and/or Noncompliance Information Report Form—Vehicles;” “Defect and/or Noncompliance Information Report Form—Equipment;” “Defect and/or Noncompliance Information Report Form—Tires;” “Defect and/or Noncompliance Information Report Form—Child Restraints;” “Defect and/or Noncompliance Information Report—Vehicle Alterers.” Reports required under § 573.7 of this part shall be submitted using the form, “Quarterly Report Form” also located at this Web page.

[78 FR 51421, Aug. 20, 2013]