NHTSA publishes notice of GM petition for inconsequential-noncompliance decision (Docket No. NHTSA-2024-0048); comments open until October 13, 2026

"General Motors, LLC, Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance — A Notice by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on 09/11/2026"

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), part of the US Department of Transportation, published the notice in the Federal Register on September 11, 2026, under Document Number 2026-18546, citation 91 FR 57957, pages 57957–57959. It acknowledges receipt of a petition from General Motors, LLC for a decision of inconsequential noncompliance, filed under Docket No. NHTSA-2024-0048 in the United States market.

The comment period ends on October 13, 2026, and comments may be submitted through Regulations.gov. This is a receipt notice: the read page excerpt does not state which Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard or which vehicle models the petition concerns. Those details sit in the three-page notice itself and in its official PDF on govinfo.gov, which is the authoritative electronic format.

What it changes: nothing yet. A receipt notice opens the docket and the comment window; NHTSA has not granted or denied the petition. The published notice does not itself change any requirement for vehicle owners or for the models concerned. A decision would follow a separate NHTSA action in the same docket.