# Preliminary Theft Data; Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3AE9-13530 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Proposed Rule - **Published:** June 10, 2009 - **Citation:** 74 FR 27493 ## Text DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 49 CFR Part 541 [Docket No. NHTSA 2009-0085] 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) 2007 including theft rates for existing passenger motor vehicle lines manufactured in model year (MY) 2007. The preliminary theft data indicate that the vehicle theft rate for CY/MY 2007 vehicles (1.86 thefts per thousand vehicles) decreased by 10.6 percent from the theft rate for CY/MY 2006 vehicles (2.08 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 August 10, 2009. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Docket No. NHTSA-2009-0085 by any of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov . Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. • Mail: Docket Management Facility: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001. • Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. • Fax: 202-493-2251. Instructions: 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://www.regulations.gov , including any personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading below. 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 (65 FR 19477-78) or you may visit http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov . Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov or the street address listed above. Follow the online instructions for accessing the dockets. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Deborah Mazyck, Office of International Policy, Fuel Economy and Consumer Programs, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. Ms. Mazyck's telephone number is (202) 366-0846. Her fax number is (202) 493-2990. 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 2007 the most recent calendar year for which data are available. In calculating the 2007 theft rates, NHTSA followed the same procedures it has used since publication of the 1983/1984 theft rate data (50 FR 46669, November 12, 1985). The 2007 theft rate for each vehicle line was calculated by dividing the number of reported thefts of MY 2007 vehicles of that line stolen during calendar year 2007 by the total number of vehicles in that line manufactured for MY 2007, as reported to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 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 approximately 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 preliminary 2007 theft data show a decrease in the vehicle theft rate when compared to the theft rate experienced in CY/MY 2006 (For 2006 theft data, see 73 FR 60633, October 14, 2008). The preliminary theft rate for MY 2007 passenger vehicles stolen in calendar year 2007 decreased to 1.86 thefts per thousand vehicles produced, a decrease of 10.6 percent from the rate of 2.08 thefts per thousand vehicles experienced by MY 2006 vehicles in CY 2006. For MY 2007 vehicles, out of a total of 204 vehicle lines, 15 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 15 vehicle lines with a theft rate higher than 3.5826, 13 are passenger car lines, two are multipurpose passenger vehicle lines, and none are light-duty truck lines. The agency believes that the theft rate reduction could be the result of several factors including the increased use of standard antitheft devices (i.e., immobilizers), vehicle parts marking, increased and improved prosecution efforts by law enforcement organizations and increased public awareness measures which may have contributed to the overall reduction in vehicle thefts. The preliminary MY 2007 theft rate reduction is consistent with the general decreasing trend of theft rates over the past 15 years as indicated by Figure 1. EP10JN09.031 In Table I, NHTSA has tentatively ranked each of the MY 2007 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://DocketsInfo.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 2007 Passenger Motor Vehicles Stolen in Calendar Year 2007 Manufacturer Make/model (line) Thefts 2007 Production (Mfr's) 2007 2007 Theft rate (per 1,000 vehicles produced) 1 CHRYSLER DODGE MAGNUM 344 28059 12.2599 2 CHRYSLER DODGE CHARGER 1148 120636 9.5162 3 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO 174 21689 8.0225 4 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC GRAND PRIX 534 77689 6.8736 5 CHRYSLER 300 715 121529 5.8834 6 MITSUBISHI LANCER 12 2355 5.0955 7 ROLLS ROYCE PHANTOM 2 398 5.0251 8 MERCEDES-BENZ 215 (CL-CLASS) 43 9296 4.6256 9 FORD MOTOR CO TAURUS 510 114616 4.4496 10 CHRYSLER SEBRING 338 78059 4.3301 11 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER 443 104546 4.2374 12 SUZUKI FORENZA 133 34236 3.8848 13 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC G6 629 164306 3.8282 14 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET MALIBU 487 127718 3.8131 15 MITSUBISHI GALANT 103 27141 3.7950 16 MAZDA 6 201 56178 3.5779 17 VOLKSWAGEN AUDI RS4 5 1475 3.3898 18 CHRYSLER PACIFICA 197 60392 3.2620 19 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET COBALT 703 215663 3.2597 20 FORD MOTOR CO MUSTANG 518 159345 3.2508 21 FORD MOTOR CO LINCOLN TOWN CAR 114 35281 3.2312 22 CHRYSLER DODGE CALIBER 560 175537 3.1902 23 KIA OPTIMA 127 40914 3.1041 24 NISSAN 350Z 49 15831 3.0952 25 NISSAN INFINITI FX35 40 13346 2.9972 26 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC DTS 140 47396 2.9538 27 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET IMPALA 769 267375 2.8761 28 KIA SPECTRA 171 64591 2.6474 29 KIA RIO 83 31947 2.5981 30 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE 107 42300 2.5296 31 FORD MOTOR CO FOCUS 576 229738 2.5072 32 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET AVEO 166 67104 2.4738 33 HYUNDAI SONATA 302 123439 2.4466 34 VOLVO S40 53 21905 2.4195 35 HYUNDAI ELANTRA 192 80133 2.3960 36 NISSAN MAXIMA 152 63601 2.3899 37 BMW M6 8 3400 2.3529 38 MITSUBISHI ENDEAVOR 30 12805 2.3428 39 NISSAN SENTRA 225 96584 2.3296 40 FORD MOTOR CO CROWN VICTORIA 17 7424 2.2899 41 CHRYSLER JEEP LIBERTY 209 91466 2.2850 42 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET HHR 223 99681 2.2371 43 MERCEDES-BENZ 220 (S-CLASS) 91 41867 2.1735 44 TOYOTA COROLLA 740 351414 2.1058 45 NISSAN INFINITI FX45 1 475 2.1053 46 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER 257 122918 2.0908 47 GENERAL MOTORS BUICK LACROSSE/ALLURE 113 54938 2.0569 48 HUMMER H3 95 46341 2.0500 49 NISSAN ALTIMA 413 202162 2.0429 50 SUZUKI RENO 62 30424 2.0379 51 FORD MOTOR CO MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS 81 39757 2.0374 52 JAGUAR XK8 6 2965 2.0236 53 KIA SORENTO 64 31798 2.0127 54 MAZDA 5 33 16424 2.0093 55 GENERAL MOTORS SATURN ION 185 94117 1.9656 56 VOLKSWAGEN AUDI A8 10 5106 1.9585 57 HYUNDAI ACCENT 86 44314 1.9407 58 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC CTS 97 53360 1.8178 59 FORD MOTOR CO FUSION 266 146464 1.8161 60 NISSAN PATHFINDER 76 42137 1.8036 61 HYUNDAI AZERA 40 22218 1.8003 62 CHRYSLER DODGE CARAVAN/GRAND CARAVAN 284 164003 1.7317 63 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET CORVETTE 65 37744 1.7221 64 BMW M5 2 1163 1.7197 65 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 146 84922 1.7192 66 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC G6 54 32894 1.6416 67 BMW 6 11 6779 1.6227 68 FORD MOTOR CO FREESTAR VAN 30 18579 1.6147 69 NISSAN INFINITI M35/M45 48 30144 1.5924 70 TOYOTA YARIS 252 159292 1.5820 71 HONDA ACCORD 664 421206 1.5764 72 CHRYSLER DODGE NITRO 133 84441 1.5751 73 MAZDA RX-8 9 5728 1.5712 74 FORD MOTOR CO MERCURY MILAN 55 35375 1.5548 75 VOLKSWAGEN AUDI A6/A6 QUATTRO/S6/S6 AVANT 18 11660 1.5437 76 FORD MOTOR CO FIVE HUNDRED 94 61270 1.5342 77 TOYOTA AVALON 121 79137 1.5290 78 NISSAN MURANO 137 92516 1.4808 79 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 148 100956 1.4660 80 TOYOTA CAMRY/SOLARA 1003 685729 1.4627 81 NISSAN INFINITI G35 83 57041 1.4551 82 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET UPLANDER VAN 87 60061 1.4485 83 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC STS 24 16746 1.4332 84 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC XLR 2 1400 1.4286 85 HONDA S2000 7 4907 1.4265 86 KIA AMANTI 6 4343 1.3815 87 MERCEDES-BENZ 208 (CLK-CLASS) 19 13825 1.3743 88 NISSAN FRONTIER PICKUP 87 64010 1.3592 89 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET COLORADO PICKUP 95 70012 1.3569 90 GENERAL MOTORS GMC CANYON PICKUP 25 18483 1.3526 91 BMW 7 22 16421 1.3397 92 TOYOTA FJ CRUISER 112 83830 1.3360 93 MAZDA 3 153 114723 1.3336 94 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC G5 107 80962 1.3216 95 SUBARU IMPREZA 51 39198 1.3011 96 VOLKSWAGEN AUDI A4/A4 QUATTRO/S4/S4 AVANT 64 49645 1.2892 97 NISSAN QUEST VAN 47 36661 1.2820 98 HONDA ACURA TSX 29 22669 1.2793 99 KIA SPORTAGE 58 45512 1.2744 100 TOYOTA TACOMA PICKUP 206 165714 1.2431 101 FORD MOTOR CO RANGER PICKUP 94 77539 1.2123 102 TOYOTA 4RUNNER 132 109124 1.2096 103 MERCEDES-BENZ 170 (SLK-CLASS) 9 7459 1.2066 104 GENERAL MOTORS SATURN AURA 77 64851 1.1873 105 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC TORRENT 35 29918 1.1699 106 HONDA CIVIC 389 332639 1.1694 107 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC FUNERAL COACH/HEARSE 1 857 1.1669 108 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER 37 31873 1.1609 109 VOLKSWAGEN AUDI A3/A3 QUATTRO 8 6992 1.1442 110 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF/RABBIT/GTI 46 41314 1.1134 111 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET EQUINOX 94 87031 1.0801 112 HYUNDAI TIBURON 15 13951 1.0752 113 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 42 39867 1.0535 114 MERCEDES-BENZ 129 (SL-CLASS) 8 7648 1.0460 115 FORD MOTOR CO MERCURY MONTEGO 16 15439 1.0363 116 GENERAL MOTORS GMC ENVOY 38 36989 1.0273 117 HYUNDAI TUCSON 45 44033 1.0220 118 HONDA ACURA 3.2 TL 5 4905 1.0194 119 GENERAL MOTORS BUICK TERRAZA VAN 8 7865 1.0172 120 FORD MOTOR CO ESCAPE 110 108788 1.0111 121 JAGUAR X-TYPE 3 3018 0.9940 122 HONDA ACURA 3.5 RL 49 49471 0.9905 123 JAGUAR VANDEN PLAS/SUPER V8 1 1010 0.9901 124 SUZUKI SX4 15 15421 0.9727 125 VOLVO S80 10 10805 0.9255 126 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC VIBE 30 32499 0.9231 127 HONDA ELEMENT 31 33688 0.9202 128 MAZDA B SERIES PICKUP 3 3285 0.9132 129 BMW 5 47 51970 0.9044 130 GENERAL MOTORS SATURN SKY 14 15546 0.9006 131 GENERAL MOTORS BUICK LUCERNE 76 85922 0.8845 132 TOYOTA LEXUS LS 31 35167 0.8815 133 HONDA ACURA RDX 22 25159 0.8744 134 CHRYSLER JEEP WRANGLER 88 100955 0.8717 135 FORD MOTOR CO EDGE 105 121525 0.8640 136 KIA RONDO 22 25524 0.8619 137 TOYOTA LEXUS RX 82 98473 0.8327 138 VOLKSWAGEN EOS 11 13406 0.8205 139 TOYOTA RAV4 145 181051 0.8009 140 FORD MOTOR CO FREESTYLE 30 38047 0.7885 141 HYUNDAI SANTA FE 89 113815 0.7820 142 BMW Z4/M 8 10568 0.7570 143 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC SOLSTICE 16 21310 0.7508 144 SUZUKI AERIO 4 5544 0.7215 145 PORSCHE CAYMAN 4 5552 0.7205 146 PORSCHE 911 9 12521 0.7188 147 TOYOTA LEXUS IS 41 57055 0.7186 148 MERCEDES-BENZ 203 (C-CLASS) 83 116282 0.7138 149 BENTLEY MOTORS CONTINENTAL 3 4265 0.7034 150 BMW X3 22 31365 0.7014 151 SUBARU B9 TRIBECA 8 11538 0.6934 152 BMW 3 97 139966 0.6930 153 MAZDA MAZDA CX-7 52 75137 0.6921 154 VOLVO S60 14 20268 0.6907 155 CHRYSLER JEEP PATRIOT 20 29421 0.6798 156 ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE 1 1474 0.6784 157 KIA SEDONA VAN 41 60873 0.6735 158 HONDA FIT 46 68642 0.6701 159 SUBARU LEGACY/OUTBACK 10 14963 0.6683 160 TOYOTA SIENNA VAN 63 96072 0.6558 161 HONDA ACURA MDX 35 53550 0.6536 162 FORD MOTOR CO MERCURY MONTEREY VAN 1 1553 0.6439 163 FORD MOTOR CO LINCOLN MKX 22 34571 0.6364 164 GENERAL MOTORS BUICK RAINIER 3 4723 0.6352 165 SUBARU OUTBACK 27 42747 0.6316 166 HONDA PILOT 77 122033 0.6310 167 FORD MOTOR CO LINCOLN ZEPHYR 20 32952 0.6069 168 JAGUAR XKR 3 5030 0.5964 169 TOYOTA LEXUS GS 17 28638 0.5936 170 VOLVO V50 2 3373 0.5929 171 MERCEDES-BENZ 210 (E-CLASS) 31 52557 0.5898 172 MAZDA MX-5 MIATA 7 13353 0.5242 173 VOLVO XC90 15 30762 0.4876 174 GENERAL MOTORS BUICK RENDEZVOUS 14 29187 0.4797 175 VOLKSWAGEN NEW BEETLE 13 27249 0.4771 176 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ 6 12726 0.4715 177 VOLVO XC70 6 13197 0.4546 178 HONDA CR-V 104 229378 0.4534 179 PORSCHE BOXSTER 2 4427 0.4518 180 TOYOTA LEXUS ES 54 121577 0.4442 181 SUBARU FORESTER 19 43985 0.4320 182 BMW MINI COOPER 15 38511 0.3895 183 JAGUAR S-TYPE 1 2582 0.3873 184 TOYOTA PRIUS 53 158715 0.3339 185 SAAB 9-3 7 22401 0.3125 186 HONDA ODYSSEY VAN 64 208166 0.3074 187 FORD MOTOR CO MERCURY MARINER 6 20842 0.2879 188 VOLVO C70 1 5612 0.1782 189 TOYOTA LEXUS SC 8 80617 0.0992 190 ASTON MARTIN DB9 0 688 0.0000 191 BENTLEY MOTORS ARNAGE 0 140 0.0000 192 BENTLEY MOTORS AZURE 0 184 0.0000 193 FERRARI 141 0 364 0.0000 194 FERRARI 612 SCAGLIETTI 0 66 0.0000 195 FERRARI 430 0 1382 0.0000 196 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC LIMOUSINE 0 648 0.0000 197 JAGUAR XJ8/XJ8L 0 1645 0.0000 198 JAGUAR XJR 0 221 0.0000 199 LAMBORGHINI MURCIELAGO 0 164 0.0000 200 LAMBORGHINI GALLARDO 0 558 0.0000 201 MASERATI QUATTROPORTE 0 2176 0.0000 202 SAAB 9-5 0 4084 0.0000 203 SPYKER C8 0 7 0.0000 204 VOLVO V70 0 3899 0.0000 Issued on: June 4, 2009. Stephen R. Kratzke, Associate Administrator for Rulemaking. [FR Doc. E9-13530 Filed 6-9-09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-59-P --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3AE9-13530. Public record. Not legal advice.