NHTSA Updates Federal Safety Standard for Child Restraint Systems
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is updating its Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard for child restraint systems, it said in a final rule released Dec. 4. Changes effective in one year, on Dec. 5, 2024, include updates to child restraint system "owner registration program requirements, labeling requirements on correctly using child restraints” and “requirements for add-on school bus-specific child restraint systems,” NHTSA said. Effective Dec. 5, 2026, NHTSA will replace the safety standard, FMVSS No. 213, with new FMVSS No. 213b, which will include both the above changes as well as changes to NHTSA testing requirements for child restraint systems, the agency said.
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“Accordingly, FMVSS No. 213 applies to [child restraint systems] manufactured before December 5, 2026. FMVSS No. 213b applies to [child restraint systems] manufactured on or after December 5, 2026. FMVSS No. 213 will sunset when FMVSS No. 213b becomes mandatory in three years,” NHTSA said.