Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards No. 204; Steering Control Rearward Displacement
Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register June 3, 2026. Document 2026-11080. Updated Nov. 10, 2026.
- What it does
On May 30, 2025, NHTSA published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 204, Steering Control Rearward Displacement, so that it no longer applies to vehicles certified to the frontal barrier crash protection requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208, Occupant Crash Protection. The agency received one comment that supported the proposed changes to FMVSS No. 204. In addition, the commenter suggested additional amendments to remove obsolete regulatory text. NHTSA is adopting the proposed changes and the additional amendments suggested by the commenter.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.
- What changed in the regulation
1 part of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations:
Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).
- Compared with
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has published 23 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 10 in all of 2025.
Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.
- Before this
1 earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 2127-AM84 since Jan. 1, 2025.
- What happens next and when
Effective date: July 6, 2026.
The agency's dates, word for word.
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-11080 |
|---|---|
| Action | Final rule. |
| Agencies | Transportation Department; National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| Published | June 3, 2026 |
| Effective date | July 6, 2026 |
| Regulation identifier (RIN) | 2127-AM84 |
| Docket | NHTSA-2025-0032 |
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