NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance
COMPLIANCE STATUS REPORT
REPORT DATE: JULY 15, 2003

The following definitions are essential to the interpretation of the report:

INVESTIGATIONS -

CT (Compliance Test) - Investigations initiated based on the results of scheduled compliance test programs.

CI Number - OVSC Compliance Investigation Number (such as "CI-208-020320")

The CI number identifies FMVSS 208 with a test failure date of March 20, 2002. A compliance investigation is established when there is a reasonable expectation that a noncompliance may exist.

PE Number - OVSC Preliminary Evaluation Number (such as "PE-214-020320")

The PE number identifies FMVSS 214 with a test failure date, inspection date, complaint date, etc., of March 20, 2002. A preliminary evaluation action is taken to gather additional information in cases where there is only a possibility of a noncompliance.

The following types of investigations initiated as a result of information obtained from sources other than scheduled compliance test programs such as consumer complaints, industry disclosures, articles in the news media, etc:

IN (Inspection)	CP (Complaint)	MD (Manufacturer Defect)
ID (Part 574)	MI (Manufacturer Inquiry)

COMPLIANCE TESTING -

TEST PROGRAM - Tests conducted in accordance with scheduled compliance test programs

RETEST - Retesting of items that have initially failed during a scheduled compliance test program

RESPONSIVE - Not a part of a scheduled compliance test program but consists of special testing, consumer complaint testing, etc.

COMPLIANCE TESTING LEGEND -

The following identifiers are used:

STD - Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) or Regulation (i.e., Part 575, Part 567)

LAB - Testing laboratory under contract to OVSC

GRP - Test report group number. The following identifiers are found in the last character of the GRP number for those tests other than SCHEDULED compliance tests: R - Retest, T - Response test

SPECIAL CASES: FMVSS 109 - S=Test Program, R=Retest, C=Responsive
                                  FMVSS 119 - A=Test Program, B=Retest, C=Responsive

US MFR/US DISTRIBUTOR - Manufacturer or distributor of motor vehicle or equipment item

MAKE - Make of motor vehicle or equipment item

MODEL - Information for motor vehicle or equipment item

STYLE/COMPONENT - Information for motor vehicle or equipment item

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER - Tire identification number

MY - Motor vehicle model year

HS NO. - Test report number used by the NHTSA Technical Information Services for identification purposes

RESULT - Test results (PASS or FAIL)

FAIL - P: performance failure
FAIL - I: inspection failure
FAIL - L: labeling or instruction failure

REPORTS ACCEPTED DURING JUNE 2003 FOR FY 2003 TEST PROGRAM

FAILURE LEGEND:  P - PERFORMANCE;  I - INSPECTION;  L – LABELING

TIRE REPORTS ACCEPTED JUNE 2003 FOR FY 2003 TEST PROGRAM

TIRE REPORTS ACCEPTED JUNE 2003 FOR FY 2003 TEST PROGRAM

Note: The tire description usually includes an ID number. The tire ID number changes by production week and it is not a tire serial number. Tire ID numbers that are identical indicate that the tires were manufactured during the same week, not that they are the same tire.

COMPLIANCE INVESTIGATIONS (CIs) IN PROGRESS THROUGH JUNE 2003
(CI NUMBER SYSTEM EXAMPLE: "CI-208-010320" FOR FMVSS 208 WITH A
TEST FAILURE DATE OF MARCH 20, 2001)

CIs OPENED SINCE LAST REPORT

NONE

CIs CLOSED SINCE LAST REPORT

CAUSE:
CT   Compliance Test
IN   Inspection
CP   Complaint
ID   Part 574
MI   Manufacturer Inquiry
MD   Manufacturer Defect

PRELIMINARY EVALUATION INVESTIGATIONS (PEs) IN PROGRESS THROUGH JUNE 2003
(PE NUMBER SYSTEM EXAMPLE: "PE-208-010320" FOR FMVSS 208 WITH A
TEST FAILURE DATE OF MARCH 20, 2001)

PEs OPENED SINCE LAST REPORT

PEs CLOSED SINCE LAST REPORT

CAUSE:
CT   Compliance Test
IN   Inspection
CP   Complaint
ID   Part 574
MI   Manufacturer Inquiry
MD   Manufacturer Defect