Products Liability Law Daily Wrap Up, NHTSA NEWS—COMMENT CALENDAR—NHTSA actions open for public comment, (Jun 18, 2026)

By WK Editorial Staff

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration actions, with links to source documents, are open for public comment until the dates indicated.

As detailed in previous Products Liability Law Daily stories, the following National Highway Traffic Safety Administration actions are open for public comment until the dates indicated below. Comments may be submitted to the docket number identified in the heading of this document by any of the following methods: Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Mail: Docket Management Facility: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001. Hand Delivery or Courier: 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Fax: 202-493-2251.

July 2, 2026. NHTSA has issued a final rule delaying and phasing in a new compliance schedule for expanded pre-crash data capture requirements. The rule takes effect on June 17, 2026. Petitions for reconsideration of this rule must be received by July 2, 2026 (NHTSA Final rule, 91 Fed. Reg. 28432 (May 18, 2026)).

July 20, 2026. NHTSA has issued a final rule amending FMVSS No. 204, Steering Control Rearward Displacement, to exclude vehicles that meet the frontal barrier crash protection requirements of FMVSS No. 208, Occupant Crash Protection. The final rule takes effect on July 6, 2026. Petitions for reconsideration must be received by July 20, 2026 (NHTSA Final rule, 91 Fed. Reg. 33116 (June 3, 2026)).

July 20, 2026. NHTSA has issued final rules to remove obsolete provisions from several FMVSS and other regulations. The rules take effect on July 6, 2026. Petitions for reconsideration must be received by July 20, 2026 (NHTSA Final rules, 91 Fed. Reg. 33087; 91 Fed. Reg. 33081; 91 Fed. Reg. 33098; 91 Fed. Reg. 33091; 91 Fed. Reg. 33111; 91 Fed. Reg. 33078; 91 Fed. Reg. 33084; 91 Fed. Reg. 33101; 91 Fed. Reg. 33108; 91 Fed. Reg. 33094; 91 Fed. Reg. 33105; 91 Fed. Reg. 33119; 91 Fed. Reg. 33123 (June 3, 2026)).

July 27, 2026. NHTSA has issued a request for comment on a proposal to update its New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) by incorporating rear automatic braking (RAB) systems with pedestrian avoidance capability into the program’s advanced driver assistance technologies (NHTSA Request for comments, 91 Fed. Reg. 31834 (May 28, 2026)).

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