# Final Theft Data; Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A05-15689 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Rule - **Published:** August 9, 2005 - **Citation:** 70 FR 46092 ## Text DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 49 CFR Part 541 [Docket No. NHTSA-2005-20278] RIN 2127-AJ53 Final Theft Data; Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Department of Transportation. ACTION: Publication of final theft data. SUMMARY: This document publishes the final data on thefts of model year (MY) 2003 passenger motor vehicles that occurred in calendar year (CY) 2003. The final 2003 theft data indicate a decrease in the vehicle theft rate experienced in CY/MY 2003. The final theft rate for MY 2003 passenger vehicles stolen in calendar year 2003 (1.84 thefts per thousand vehicles) decreased by 26.1 percent from the theft rate for CY/MY 2002 (2.49 thefts per thousand vehicles) when compared to the theft rate experienced in CY/MY 2002. Publication of these data fulfills NHTSA's statutory obligation to periodically obtain accurate and timely theft data and publish the information for review and comment. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Deborah Mazyck, Office of International Policy, Fuel Economy and Consumer Programs, NHTSA, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Ms. Mazyck's telephone number is (202) 366-0846. Her fax number is (202) 493-2290. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA administers a program for reducing motor vehicle theft. The central feature of this program is the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard, 49 CFR part 541. The standard specifies performance requirements for inscribing and affixing vehicle identification numbers (VINs) onto certain major original equipment and replacement parts of high-theft lines of passenger motor vehicles. The agency is required by 49 U.S.C. 33104(b)(4) to periodically obtain, from the most reliable source, accurate and timely theft data and publish the data for review and comment. To fulfill this statutory mandate, NHTSA has published theft data annually beginning with MYs 1983/84. Continuing to fulfill the § 33104(b)(4) mandate, this document reports the final theft data for CY 2003, the most recent calendar year for which data are available. In calculating the 2003 theft rates, NHTSA followed the same procedures it used in calculating the MY 2002 theft rates. (For 2002 theft data calculations, see 69 FR 53354, September 1, 2004.) As in all previous reports, NHTSA's data were based on information provided to NHTSA by the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The NCIC is a government system that receives vehicle theft information from nearly 23,000 criminal justice agencies and other law enforcement authorities throughout the United States. The NCIC data also include reported thefts of self-insured and uninsured vehicles, not all of which are reported to other data sources. The 2003 theft rate for each vehicle line was calculated by dividing the number of reported thefts of MY 2003 vehicles of that line stolen during calendar year 2003 by the total number of vehicles in that line manufactured for MY 2003, as reported to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The final 2003 theft data show a decrease in the vehicle theft rate when compared to the theft rate experienced in CY/MY 2002. The final theft rate for MY 2003 passenger vehicles stolen in calendar year 2003 decreased to 1.84 thefts per thousand vehicles produced, a decrease of 26.1 percent from the rate of 2.49 thefts per thousand vehicles experienced by MY 2002 vehicles in CY 2002. For MY 2003 vehicles, out of a total of 217 vehicle lines, 21 lines had a theft rate higher than 3.5826 per thousand vehicles, the established median theft rate for MYs 1990/1991. (See 59 FR 12400, March 16, 1994.) Of the 21 vehicle lines with a theft rate higher than 3.5826, 18 are passenger car lines, two are multipurpose passenger vehicle lines, and one is a light-duty truck line. The MY 2003 theft rate reduction is consistent with the general decreasing trend of theft rates over the past ten years as indicated by Figure 1. ER09AU05.008 The agency believes that the decrease could be the result of several factors including the increased use of standard antitheft devices ( i.e. , immobilizers), vehicle partsmarking, increased and improved prosecution efforts by law enforcement organizations and, increased public awareness measures have contributed to the overall reduction in vehicle thefts. On Wednesday, May 2, 2005, NHTSA published the preliminary theft rates for CY 2003 passenger motor vehicles in the Federal Register (70 FR 10066). The agency tentatively ranked each of the MY 2003 vehicle lines in descending order of theft rate. The public was requested to comment on the accuracy of the data and to provide final production figures for individual vehicle lines. The agency used written comments to make the necessary adjustments to its data. The agency received a written comment from American Honda (Honda). In its comments, Honda informed the agency that there was an error in the published production volume for the Honda S2000 vehicle line. However, upon further review by Honda, it was confirmed that the reported production volume was correct. Therefore, the published production volume as reported to the agency will remain unchanged. The following list represents NHTSA's final calculation of theft rates for all 2003 passenger motor vehicle lines. This list is intended to inform the public of calendar year 2003 motor vehicle thefts of model year 2003 vehicles and does not have any effect on the obligations of regulated parties under 49 U.S.C. Chapter 331, Theft Prevention. Final Report of Theft Rates for Model Year 2003 Passenger Motor Vehicles Stolen in Calendar Year 2003 Manufacturer Make/model (line) Thefts 2003 Production (Mfr's) 2003 2003 Theft rate (per 1,000 vehicles produced) 1 DAIMLERCHRYSLER DODGE STRATUS 682 62,496 10.9127 2 DAIMLERCHRYSLER DODGE INTREPID 392 40,366 9.7111 3 MITSUBISHI MONTERO 94 13,604 6.9097 4 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE 57 9,981 5.7109 5 TOYOTA TUNDRA PICKUP 162 28,981 5.5899 6 DAIMLERCHRYSLER SEBRING 180 35,599 5.0563 7 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT 174 35,508 4.9003 8 MITSUBISHI GALANT 468 97,418 4.8040 9 JAGUAR XJR 4 845 4.7337 10 DAIMLERCHRYSLER DODGE NEON 590 127,902 4.6129 11 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE 61 13,337 4.5737 12 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CHRYSLER CONCORDE 61 13,690 4.4558 13 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CHRYSLER 300M 61 13,719 4.4464 14 SUZUKI AERIO 150 33,931 4.4207 15 FORD MOTOR CO. FORD MUSTANG 598 143,823 4.1579 16 NISSAN SENTRA 293 71,734 4.0845 17 GENERAL MOTORS OLDSMOBILE ALERO 333 86,229 3.8618 18 MITSUBISHI LANCER 283 75,585 3.7441 19 JAGUAR XK8 8 2,151 3.7192 20 VOLVO S40 11 3,014 3.6496 21 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE 333 92,062 3.6171 22 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC GRAND PRIX 249 70,395 3.5372 23 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CHRYSLER VOYAGER VAN 72 20,642 3.4880 24 NISSAN MAXIMA 211 62,537 3.3740 25 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO 228 67,610 3.3723 26 BMW M3 30 8,964 3.3467 27 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC GRAND AM 450 145,150 3.1002 28 FORD MOTOR CO. LINCOLN LS 72 23,472 3.0675 29 HONDA S2000 24 7,862 3.0527 30 SUZUKI VITARA/GRAND 108 35,437 3.0477 31 KIA MOTORS OPTIMA 70 23,340 2.9991 32 DAIMLERCHRYSLER DODGE CARAVAN/GRAND CARAVAN 725 248,733 2.9148 33 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET CAVALIER 633 218,340 2.8991 34 SUBARU IMPREZA 67 23,333 2.8715 35 TOYOTA ECHO 101 35,276 2.8631 36 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET MALIBU 507 179,565 2.8235 37 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET BLAZER S10/T10 152 54,165 2.8062 38 MERCEDES-BENZ 215 (CL-CLASS) 9 3,214 2.8002 39 BMW M5 5 1,902 2.6288 40 NISSAN ALTIMA 591 225,388 2.6221 41 JAGUAR XJ8 10 3,816 2.6205 42 VOLVO C70 4 1,540 2.5974 43 GENERAL MOTORS BUICK REGAL 89 35,374 2.5160 44 KIA MOTORS SPECTRA 176 71,249 2.4702 45 GENERAL MOTORS BUICK CENTURY 363 148,506 2.4443 46 JAGUAR S-TYPE 55 22,608 2.4328 47 TOYOTA LEXUS SC 26 10,800 2.4074 48 FORD MOTOR CO. LINCOLN TOWN CAR 180 75,624 2.3802 49 TOYOTA COROLLA 786 330,244 2.3801 50 FORD MOTOR CO. FORD FOCUS 610 257,453 2.3694 51 HYUNDAI ACCENT 120 51,425 2.3335 52 NISSAN 350Z 92 39,448 2.3322 53 TOYOTA CELICA 42 18,062 2.3253 54 GENERAL MOTORS SATURN LS 164 71,082 2.3072 55 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CHRYSLER PT CRUISER 272 118,798 2.2896 56 HONDA ACURA 3.2 CL 37 16,327 2.2662 57 FORD MOTOR CO. FORD TAURUS 757 334,329 2.2642 58 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC SUNFIRE 85 37,813 2.2479 59 BMW 7 46 21,387 2.1508 60 HYUNDAI TIBURON 87 40,830 2.1308 61 TOYOTA LEXUS IS 30 14,445 2.0768 62 FORD MOTOR CO. MERCURY MOUNTAINEER 95 45,950 2.0675 63 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET CORVETTE 68 33,118 2.0533 64 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC DEVILLE 157 77,703 2.0205 65 HYUNDAI XG 18 8,942 2.0130 66 HONDA ACURA RSX 51 26,035 1.9589 67 KIA MOTORS RIO 86 44,120 1.9492 68 MAZDA PROTÉGÉ 164 84,404 1.9430 69 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC SEVILLE 36 18,627 1.9327 70 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC BONNEVILLE 67 34,675 1.9322 71 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER 93 48,273 1.9265 72 FORD MOTOR CO. MERCURY SABLE 123 64,477 1.9077 73 DAIMLERCHRYSLER JEEP LIBERTY 331 177,461 1.8652 74 NISSAN INFINITI QX4 14 7,766 1.8027 75 MERCEDES-BENZ 220 (S-CLASS) 37 20,679 1.7893 76 TOYOTA MATRIX 153 87,440 1.7498 77 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY 216 123,575 1.7479 78 GENERAL MOTORS GMC SONOMA PICKUP 71 41,164 1.7248 79 HYUNDAI SONATA 129 77,468 1.6652 80 DAIMLERCHRYSLER JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 190 114,736 1.6560 81 MERCEDES-BENZ 129 (SL-CLASS) 34 20,685 1.6437 82 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET IMPALA 404 248,078 1.6285 83 FORD MOTOR CO. FORD EXPLORER 537 332,158 1.6167 84 HYUNDAI ELANTRA 210 130,031 1.6150 85 VOLVO S60 31 19,532 1.5871 86 FORD MOTOR CO. FORD ESCAPE 240 151,770 1.5813 87 AUDI A8 1 643 1.5552 88 NISSAN FRONTIER PICKUP 105 68,372 1.5357 89 VOLVO S80 12 7,927 1.5138 90 TOYOTA CAMRY/SOLARA 617 408,093 1.5119 91 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC AZTEK 44 29,564 1.4883 92 KIA MOTORS SORENTO 63 42,837 1.4707 93 FORD MOTOR CO. FORD RANGER PICKUP 331 226,132 1.4637 94 DAIMLERCHRYSLER JEEP WRANGLER 94 64,343 1.4609 95 DAIMLERCHRYSLER DODGE DAKOTA PICKUP 31 21,582 1.4364 96 FORD MOTOR CO. FORD CROWN VICTORIA 58 41,637 1.3930 97 NISSAN INFINITI I35 24 17,334 1.3846 98 HONDA ACURA 3.5 RL 4 2,903 1.3779 99 TOYOTA LEXUS GS 20 14,555 1.3741 100 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET S10/T10 PICKUP 218 159,920 1.3632 101 NISSAN INFINITI G35 111 81,505 1.3619 102 TOYOTA TACOMA PICKUP 209 157,182 1.3297 103 FORD MOTOR CO. FORD ESCORT 28 21,162 1.3231 104 TOYOTA 4RUNNER 133 101,254 1.3135 105 MAZDA 6 72 54,829 1.3132 106 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET TRACKER 54 41,730 1.2940 107 TOYOTA RAV4 100 77,319 1.2933 108 GENERAL MOTORS OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA 11 8,642 1.2729 109 PORSCHE BOXSTER 10 7,880 1.2690 110 GENERAL MOTORS GMC SAFARI VAN 11 8,738 1.2589 111 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC VIBE 88 69,941 1.2582 112 HONDA CIVIC 369 300,485 1.2280 113 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF/GTI 41 34,049 1.2041 114 FORD MOTOR CO. MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS 127 105,615 1.2025 115 HONDA ACCORD 499 427,660 1.1668 116 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET ASTRO VAN 38 32,687 1.1625 117 TOYOTA PRIUS 16 13,826 1.1572 118 NISSAN XTERRA 87 75,351 1.1546 119 TOYOTA MR2 SPYDER 6 5,209 1.1519 120 ISUZU ASCENDER 4 3,476 1.1507 121 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 171 148,729 1.1497 122 NISSAN PATHFINDER 56 48,772 1.1482 123 JAGUAR XKR 1 880 1.1364 124 HONDA ACURA 3.2 TL 105 93,899 1.1182 125 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER 205 194,427 1.0544 126 AUDI A6/A6 QUATTRO/S6/AVANT 18 17,116 1.0516 127 ISUZU AXIOM 4 3,848 1.0395 128 MERCEDES-BENZ 203 (C-CLASS) 65 63,327 1.0264 129 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC CTS 69 68,264 1.0108 130 LAND ROVER FREELANDER 10 9,985 1.0015 131 NISSAN INFINITI Q45 3 3,034 0.9888 132 MAZDA B SERIES PICKUP 19 19,342 0.9823 133 AUDI TT 6 6,138 0.9775 134 TOYOTA LEXUS ES 60 61,512 0.9754 135 MERCEDES-BENZ 210 (E-CLASS) 61 62,547 0.9753 136 NISSAN INFINITI M45 6 6,402 0.9372 137 FORD MOTOR CO. FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC 58 62,059 0.9346 138 TOYOTA LEXUS LS 20 21,592 0.9263 139 TOYOTA LEXUS GX 21 22,932 0.9158 140 NISSAN MURANO 50 54,632 0.9152 141 BMW 5 36 39,342 0.9151 142 FORD MOTOR CO. FORD WINDSTAR VAN 134 148,016 0.9053 143 PORSCHE 911 9 10,027 0.8976 144 BMW 3 90 100,589 0.8947 145 JAGUAR X-TYPE 27 30,483 0.8857 146 VOLVO XC70 8 9,175 0.8719 147 TOYOTA AVALON 59 68,872 0.8567 148 GENERAL MOTORS GMC ENVOY 71 83,069 0.8547 149 KIA MOTORS SEDONA VAN 44 51,515 0.8541 150 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 89 105,230 0.8458 151 GENERAL MOTORS OLDSMOBILE AURORA 3 3,550 0.8451 152 AUDI A4/A4 QUATTRO 40 47,520 0.8418 153 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET VENTURE VAN 80 96,022 0.8331 154 ISUZU RODEO 11 13,625 0.8073 155 MAZDA MX-5 MIATA 10 12,458 0.8027 156 HYUNDAI SANTA FE 79 98,515 0.8019 157 MERCEDES-BENZ 208 (CLK-CLASS) 25 31,560 0.7921 158 JAGUAR VANDEN PLAS/SUPER V8 1 1,265 0.7905 159 GENERAL MOTORS BUICK LESABRE 97 124,342 0.7801 160 TOYOTA SIENNA VAN 33 42,688 0.7731 161 GENERAL MOTORS SATURN ION 73 96,382 0.7574 162 FORD MOTOR CO. FORD THUNDERBIRD 10 13,948 0.7169 163 MAZDA TRIBUTE 33 47,099 0.7007 164 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC MONTANA VAN 32 45,936 0.6966 165 HONDA ELEMENT 51 75,457 0.6759 166 HONDA ACURA MDX 36 55,826 0.6449 167 TOYOTA LEXUS RX 22 34,745 0.6332 168 GENERAL MOTORS BUICK RENDEZVOUS 42 67,239 0.6246 169 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 77 128,157 0.6008 170 GENERAL MOTORS OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE VAN 11 18,330 0.6001 171 VOLKSWAGEN NEW BEETLE 35 58,891 0.5943 172 HONDA PILOT 71 123,095 0.5768 173 GENERAL MOTORS SATURN VUE 58 109,455 0.5299 174 BMW Z4 12 24,198 0.4959 175 VOLVO XC90 6 12,404 0.4837 176 VOLVO V70 3 6,242 0.4806 177 GENERAL MOTORS BUICK PARK AVENUE 14 29,309 0.4777 178 SUBARU BAJA 7 14,966 0.4677 179 SAAB 9-5 7 15,159 0.4618 180 NISSAN INFINITI FX35 8 17,691 0.4522 181 BMW MINI COOPER 15 33,255 0.4511 182 HONDA CR-V 61 140,449 0.4343 183 SAAB 9-3 13 33,653 0.3863 184 SUBARU LEGACY/OUTBACK 30 84,858 0.3535 185 VOLVO V40 3 9,155 0.3277 186 SUBARU FORESTER 21 65,691 0.3197 187 MERCEDES-BENZ 170 (SLK-CLASS) 2 6,526 0.3065 188 MAZDA MPV VAN 10 33,563 0.2979 189 HONDA ODYSSEY VAN 48 165,197 0.2906 190 GENERAL MOTORS SATURN LW 2 7,251 0.2758 191 NISSAN INFINITI FX45 2 7,743 0.2583 192 ASTON MARTIN VANQUISH 0 286 0.0000 193 ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE 0 399 0.0000 194 AUDI ALLROAD QUATTRO 0 5,256 0.0000 195 AUDI RS6 0 1,436 0.0000 196 AUDI S8 0 301 0.0000 197 BMW Z8 0 539 0.0000 198 DAIMLERCHRYSLER DODGE VIPER 0 1,707 0.0000 199 FERRARI 360 0 885 0.0000 200 FERRARI 456 0 32 0.0000 201 FERRARI 575M 0 167 0.0000 202 FERRARI ENZO 0 102 0.0000 203 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC FUNERAL COACH/HEARSE 0 988 0.0000 204 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC LIMOUSINE 0 692 0.0000 205 HONDA ACURA NSX 0 176 0.0000 206 HONDA INSIGHT 0 1,011 0.0000 207 JAGUAR XJS 0 594 0.0000 208 LAMBORGHINI MURCIELAGO 0 75 0.0000 209 LOTUS ESPRIT 0 96 0.0000 210 MASERATI COUPE/SPYDER 0 408 0.0000 211 MITSUBISHI NATIVA 1 0 470 0.0000 212 QUANTUM TECH. CHEVROLET CAVALIER 0 313 0.0000 213 ROLLS ROYCE BENTLEY 0 2 0.0000 214 ROLLS ROYCE BENTLEY ARNAGE 0 107 0.0000 215 ROLLS ROYCE BENTLEY AZURE 0 35 0.0000 216 ROLLS ROYCE CONTINENTAL R 0 1 0.0000 217 VOLKSWAGEN EUROVAN/CAMPER 0 4,662 0.0000 1 This vehicle was manufactured for sale only in Puerto Rico and represents the U.S. version of Mitsubishi's Montero Sport line. Issued on: August 3, 2005. Stephen R. Kratzke, Associate Administrator for Rulemaking. [FR Doc. 05-15689 Filed 8-8-05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-59-P --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A05-15689. Public record. Not legal advice.