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Sep 20, 2012 1:31 PM

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has  issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) recommending amendments to certain  provisions of the early-warning reporting (EWR) rule and the regulations  governing motor vehicle and equipment safety recalls.

  The amendments to the EWR rule would require light-vehicle  manufacturers to specify the vehicle type and fuel and/or propulsion system  type in their reports as well as add new component categories of  stability-control systems for light vehicles, buses, emergency vehicles and  medium-heavy vehicle manufacturers, and forward collision avoidance, lane  departure prevention and back-over prevention for light vehicle manufacturers.  In addition, NHTSA proposes to require motor vehicle manufacturers to report  their annual list of substantially similar vehicles via the Internet.

  Regarding safety recalls, NHTSA proposes, among other things, to  require certain manufacturers to submit vehicle identification numbers for  recalled vehicles and report changes daily in recall remedy status for those  vehicles; require online submission of recall reports and information; and  require adjustments to the content of the owner notification letters and  envelopes issued to owners and purchasers of recalled vehicles and equipment.