49 U.S.C. § 32302 — Passenger motor vehicle information

(a) Information Program — The Secretary of Transportation must run an ongoing program to develop information about passenger motor vehicles covering: (1) how easily they get damaged; (2) how well they protect passengers in a crash, how well they help avoid a crash, and any other safety areas the Secretary picks; and (3) how hard it is to diagnose and fix problems with their mechanical and electrical systems. (b) Motor Vehicle Information — To help consumers shop for a vehicle, the Secretary must share this information with the public in a simple, understandable form that lets people compare makes and models on those three measures. The Secretary can require dealers to hand this information to prospective buyers. The Secretary must also study, take public comments on, and report to Congress the best way to present damage-susceptibility information simply. (c) Crash Avoidance — Within 1 year after the Safety Through Informed Consumers Act of 2015 became law, the Secretary had to make a rule requiring crash-avoidance information to sit right next to crashworthiness information on manufacturer safety stickers. (d) Motor Vehicle Defect Reporting Information — (1) Rulemaking required — Within 1 year after the Motor Vehicle and Highway Safety Improvement Act of 2012, the Secretary had to require manufacturers to: (A) put a sticker, decal, or similar item, in the glove box or another easy-to-find spot, explaining in simple language how to file a safety-defect complaint with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; (B) print that same information clearly in the owner's manual; and (C) keep it off the separate label required by the Automobile Information Disclosure Act. (2) Application — These requirements apply to vehicles made starting more than 1 year after the final rule was published. (e) Advanced Crash-avoidance Technologies — (1) Notice — Within 1 year after this subsection was added, the Secretary had to publish a notice for public comment, proposing a way to give consumers information about advanced crash-avoidance technologies, separate from crashworthiness information. (2) Inclusions — That notice had to cover: (A) a method for deciding which technologies to include, developing test criteria for manufacturers, giving each technology its own rating, and updating overall vehicle ratings to include these scores; and (B) any other information the Secretary needs to make the rating system work. (3) Report — Within 18 months, the Secretary had to send Congress a plan for putting this rating system into effect. (f) Vulnerable Road User Safety — (1) Notice — Within 1 year after this subsection was added, the Secretary had to publish a notice for public comment on providing consumers information about technologies that protect pedestrians, cyclists, and other vulnerable road users. (2) Inclusions — That notice had to cover: (A) a method for deciding which technologies to include, developing test criteria — including how well automated pedestrian-safety systems try to prevent or reduce pedestrian injury — giving each technology its own rating, and updating overall vehicle ratings; and (B) any other necessary information. (3) Report — Within 18 months, the Secretary had to send Congress a plan for putting this rating system into effect.