---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 554.5"
title: "49"
number: "554.5"
heading: "Office of Defects Investigation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/554.5"
---

# §554.5. Office of Defects Investigation.


The Office of Defects Investigation conducts investigations to implement the provisions of the Act concerning the identification and correction of safety-related defects in motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment. It elicits from every available source and evaluates on a continuing basis any information suggesting the existence of a safety-related defect.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30102-103, 30111-112, 30117-121, 30162, 30165-67; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 10797, Feb. 19, 1980, unless otherwise noted.