[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5, Parts 400 to 999]
[Revised as of October 1, 1999]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR571]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
                    SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT
                            OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 571--FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
Subpart B--Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards

Source: 36 FR 22902, Dec. 2, 1971, unless otherwise noted.

Sec. 571.101  Standard No. 101; Controls and displays.

   S1. Scope. This standard specifies requirements for the location, 
identification, and illumination of motor vehicle controls and displays.
    S2. Purpose. The purpose of this standard is to ensure the 
accessibility and visibility of motor vehicle controls and displays and 
to facilitate their selection under daylight and nighttime conditions, 
in order to reduce the safety hazards caused by the diversion of the 
driver's attention from the driving task, and by mistakes in selecting 
controls.
    S3. Application. This standard applies to passenger cars, 
multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses.
    S4. Definitions.
    Telltale means a display that indicates the actuation of a device, a 
correct or defective functioning or condition, or a failure to function.
    Gauge means a display that is listed in S5.1 or in Table 2 and is 
not a telltale.
    S5.  Requirements. Each passenger car, multipurpose passenger 
vehicle, truck and bus manufactured with any control listed in S5.1 or 
in column 1 of Table 1, and each passenger car, multipurpose passenger 
vehicle and truck or bus less than 4,536 kg. GVWR with any display 
listed in S5.1 or in column 1 of Table 2, shall meet the requirements of 
this standard for the location, identification, and illumination of such 
control or display.
    S5.1 Location. Under the conditions of S6, each of the following 
controls that is furnished shall be operable by the driver and each of 
the following displays that is furnished shall be visible to the driver. 
Under the conditions of S6, telltales are considered visible when 
activated.

                         Hand-Operated Controls

    (a) Steering wheel.
    (b) Horn.
    (c) Ignition.
    (d) Headlamp.
    (e) Taillamp.
    (f) Turn signal.
    (g) Illumination intensity.
    (h) Windshield wiper.
    (i) Windshield washer.
    (j) Manual transmission shift lever, except transfer case.
    (k) Windshield defrosting and defogging system.
    (l) Rear window defrosting and defogging system.
    (m) Manual choke.
    (n) Driver's sun visor.
    (o) Automatic vehicle speed system.

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    (p) Highbeam.
    (q) Hazard warning signal.
    (r) Clearance lamps.
    (s) Hand throttle.
    (t) Identification lamps.

                         Foot-Operated Controls

    (a) Service brake.
    (b) Accelerator.
    (c) Clutch.
    (d) Highbeam.
    (e) Windshield washer.
    (f) Windshield wiper.

             Displays

    (a) Speedometer.
    (b) Turn signal.
    (c) Gear position.
    (d) Brake failure warning.
    (e) Fuel.
    (f) Engine coolant temperature.
    (g) Oil.
    (h) Highbeam.
    (i) Electrical charge.

    S5.2  Identification.
    S5.2.1  Vehicle controls shall be identified as follows:
    (a) Except as specified in S5.2.1(b), any hand-operated control 
listed in column 1 of Table 1 that has a symbol designated for it in。