49 CFR 573.5

§ 573.5 Defect and noncompliance responsibility.

United States · 49 CFR — Transportation · Status: effective

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Citation: 49 CFR 573.5, § 573.5 Defect and noncompliance responsibility, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/262185
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(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.

Legislative history

This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.