# Preliminary Theft Data; Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Proposed Rule
- **Published:** March 2, 2005
- **Citation:** 70 FR 10066

## Text

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
49 CFR Part 541
[Docket No. NHTSA 2005-20278]
RIN 2127-AJ53
Preliminary Theft Data; Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard

AGENCY:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Department of Transportation.

ACTION:

Publication of preliminary theft data; request for comments.

SUMMARY:

This document requests comments on data about passenger motor vehicle thefts that occurred in calendar year (CY) 2003 including theft rates for existing passenger motor vehicle lines manufactured in model year (MY) 2003. The preliminary theft data indicate that the vehicle theft rate for CY/MY 2003 vehicles (1.84 thefts per thousand vehicles) decreased by 26.1 percent from the theft rate for CY/MY 2002 vehicles (2.49 thefts per thousand vehicles).

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.

DATES:

Comments must be submitted on or before May 2, 2005.

ADDRESSES:

You may submit comments [identified by DOT Docket No. NHTSA-2005-20278 and or RIN number 2127-AJ53] by any of the following methods:

• Web site:
http://dms.dot.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments on the DOT electronic docket site.

• Fax: 1-202-493-2251.

• Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, Room PL-401, Washington, DC 20590-001.

• Hand Delivery: Room PL-401 on the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.

Instructions:
All submissions must include the agency name and docket number or Regulatory Identification Number (RIN) for this rulemaking. For detailed instructions on submitting comments and additional information on the rulemaking process, see the Public Participation heading of the Supplementary Information section of this document. Note that all comments received will be posted without change to
http://dms.dot.gov
including any personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading under Regulatory Notices.

Docket:
For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to
http://dms.dot.gov
at any time or to Room PL-401 on the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.

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 or 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 the § 33104(b)(4) mandate, this document reports the preliminary 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 the agency by the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The NCIC is a governmental 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 by manufacturers to the Environmental Protection Agency.

The preliminary 2003 theft data show a decrease in the vehicle theft rate when compared to the theft rate experienced in CY/MY 2002. The preliminary 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, 2 are multipurpose passenger vehicle lines, and one is a light-duty truck line.

In Table I, NHTSA has tentatively ranked each of the MY 2003 vehicle lines in descending order of theft rate.

Public comment is sought on the accuracy of the data, including the data for the production volumes of individual vehicle lines.

Comments must not exceed 15 pages in length (49 CFR 553.21). Attachments may be appended to these submissions without regard to the 15 page limit. This limitation is intended to encourage commenters to detail their primary arguments in a concise fashion.

If a commenter wishes to submit certain information under a claim of confidentiality, three copies of the complete submission, including purportedly confidential business information, should be submitted to the Chief Counsel, NHTSA, at the street address given above, and two copies from which the purportedly confidential information has been deleted should be submitted to Dockets. A request for confidentiality should be accompanied by a cover letter setting forth the information specified in the agency's confidential business information regulation. 49 CFR part 512.

All comments received before the close of business on the comment closing date indicated above for this document will be considered, and will be available for examination in the docket at the above address both before and after that date. To the extent possible, comments filed after the closing date will also be considered. Comments on this document will be available for inspection in the docket. NHTSA will continue to file relevant information as it becomes available for inspection in the docket after the closing date, and it is recommended that interested persons continue to examine the docket for new material.

Those persons desiring to be notified upon receipt of their comments in the rules docket should enclose a self-addressed, stamped postcard in the envelope with their comments. Upon receiving the comments, the docket supervisor will return the postcard by mail.

Privacy Act

Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the
Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78) or you may visit
http://dms.dot.gov.

Authority:

49 U.S.C. 33101, 33102 and 33104; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50.

Preliminary 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
111
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
7,8623
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
1,26 5
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
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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: February 18, 2005.
Stephen R. Kratzke,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.

[FR Doc. 05-3987 Filed 3-1-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-59-P

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A05-3987. Public record. Not legal advice.