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Center high-mount stop lamp in combination with ID lamps for vehicles 80 inches wide or greater
From an NTEA member A customer has requested we wire the rear three bar identification lamps as an additional stop lamp. Can we do...
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR)
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What label do I use? Part 3: Specialized final-stage certification label (hybrid pass-through certification)
This three-part series provides an overview of the most common vehicle certification scenarios and the required labels associated...
Vehicle Certification
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What label do I use? Part 2: Simplified final-stage certification label
Certification is a process, not just the act of applying a label to a new vehicle. Under federal law, a “manufacturer or...
Vehicle Certification
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What label do I use? Part 1: Altered-stage certification
This three-part series provides an overview of the most common vehicle certification scenarios and the required labels associated...
Vehicle Certification
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Mud flap requirements for commercial vehicles
Whether you call them mud flaps, splashguards, mud guards or aprons, NTEA members have historically asked — and have often been...
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Usage requirements for vehicle placards vs. load carrying capacity modification labels
From an NTEA member Can you explain the difference between the tire and loading information label and the small, yellow load...
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) Guidance
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR)
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Additional NHTSA reporting requirements for final-stage manufacturers or alterers
From an NTEA member We are a truck equipment upfitter and have heard we should be sending routine communications to NHTSA. What...
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) Guidance
Vehicle Upfitting Considerations
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GCWR: What it means and where to find it
GCWR is the acronym for gross combination weight rating, but the meaning of the term can depend on who is asking the question.
Gross Combined Weight Rating (GCWR)
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Lighting requirements for straight trucks with hooklifts and roll-offs
A customer is having us build them a hooklift truck, and some of their bodies for the vehicle will be more traditional truck...
Vehicle Engineering & Compliance
Vehicle Upfitting Considerations
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Removing seats from passenger vans
We routinely alter new cargo vans with various equipment configurations, such as partitions and shelving, but we have recently...
Vehicle Upfitting Considerations
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