Appendix D - Right Hand Drive Vehicles (RHD)
All inspection procedures are visual unless additional inspection procedures are indicated or where applied force is necessary to verify tightness and/or component security. The definitions can be found in the “Definitions and Acronyms” section.
This appendix applies to vehicles. During the inspection of a vehicle the authorized inspector must give extra attention to the following items:
1. Engine Start Safety Feature
vehicles may not be equipped with neutral and clutch safety switches.
All vehicles manufactured on or after November 25, 1970, equipped with an automatic transmission are required by 102 (2) to be equipped with a neutral safety switch.
All vehicles manufactured on or after June 18, 2003 with a at or below 4,536 kg are required by 102 (7) to be equipped with a clutch safety switch.
Item and method of inspection | Reject if | Inspection Class |
|---|---|---|
a) operation | a) does not meet Section 1, subsection 8 criteria of this Vehicle Inspection Manual | 1, 2 |
2. Wheel Alignment
Note: Wheel alignment on vehicles that are originally designed or adjusted for road crown to the right of the driver and must be geometrically corrected for operation on roads with crown to the left of the driver.
Item and method of inspection | Reject if | Inspection Class |
|---|---|---|
a) 4-wheel alignment check | a) does not meet Section 4, subsection 7 criteria of this Vehicle Inspection Manual any geometric steering angle can not be corrected by adjustment or replacement of components | 1, 2 |
3. Lighting
Note: Many vehicles are either not originally equipped with all the lighting requirements of 108, or the lamps and lenses that are equipped by the do not meet the standards required by .
Item and method of inspection | Reject if | Inspection Class |
|---|---|---|
a) all lamps | a) does not meet Section 6 criteria of this Vehicle Inspection Manual | 1, 2 |
4. Seat Belt/Occupant Restraint
Note: All factory installed seating positions in vehicles manufactured after 1970 must be equipped with either lap or lap-shoulder seatbelt. All passenger cars and light trucks manufactured after 1973 must have lap-shoulder belts at the front drivers and outboard passenger seats, and vehicles manufactured after 1992 must have lap-shoulder seatbelts at both the front and rear outboard seating positions. This also applies to vehicles.
Item and method of inspection | Reject if | Inspection Class |
|---|---|---|
a) seat belt | a) does not meet Section 8 subsection 19 criteria of this Vehicle Inspection Manual | 1, 2 |
5. Mirrors
Note: vehicles are typically equipped with mirrors on the right hand side of the vehicle that are unit magnification (flat) glass, and equipped with mirrors on the left hand side of the vehicle that are convex. All passenger cars and light trucks must be equipped with a unit magnification (flat) left exterior mirror and either a right exterior mirror or an interior mirror. Only the right exterior mirror may be convex. This must be corrected in order to pass inspection.
Item and method of inspection | Reject if | Inspection Class |
|---|---|---|
a) type Note: The right hand side exterior mirror may remain as a non-convex mirror. | a) left hand exterior side mirror is convex | 1, 2 |
b) condition | b) does not meet Section 8 subsection 17 criteria of this Vehicle Inspection Manual | 1, 2 |