Description
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is seeking applications from eligible departments or offices from the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico to obtain funding to assist States with the development and implementation of a State process for informing motor vehicle owners and lessees of open motor vehicle recalls at the time of motor vehicle registration. The grant will support States in developing a methodology for determining open recalls on motor vehicles, informing owners and lessees of the open recalls at the time of registration, and evaluating through the analysis of completed recalls the performance of the notification program.
• The grant is available to the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
• The grant will support States in developing a methodology for determining open recalls on motor vehicles.
• The grant will support States in informing owners and lessees of the open recalls at the time of registration.
• The grant will support States in evaluating through the analysis of completed recalls the performance of the notification program.
• The grant requires the State to develop technical capabilities to routinely identify registered vehicles within the State that are affected by an open safety recall.
• The grant requires the State to commence the notification program within 180 days of the award.
• The grant requires the State to obtain current open recall data in a timely manner.
• The grant requires the State to provide open recall data without charge or cost to each owner or lessee of a motor vehicle presented for registration in the State for any open recall on that vehicle.