Tech Connections

Intermediate-stage vehicle certification

January 29, 2021
Steve Spata
NTEA Technical Assistance Director
We are a work truck upfitter and have been asked to complete a vehicle on a chassis with a modified wheelbase. The new incomplete chassis will first go to another company, contracted by the selling dealer, before coming to our facility for installation of customer-specified body and equipment. Does the dealer’s subcontractor have any certification obligations?
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