10
period of time, typically 30 sec-
onds or less.
aftermarket or recycled part
installed on the vehicle is defec-
tive or was installed incorrectly
and caused damage to another
part of the vehicle otherwise
covered under warranty. The
Federal Trade Commission
The EDR in this vehicle is
designed to record such data
as:
• How various systems in your
vehicle were operating;
• Whether or not the driver and
passenger safety belts were
buckled/fastened;
• How far (if at all) the driver
was depressing the accelera-
tor and/or brake pedal; and,
• How fast the vehicle was
traveling.
requires that a manufacturer
demonstrate that an aftermarket
or recycled part or service per-
formed by a person other than
an authorized service provider
caused damage to another part
of the vehicle otherwise covered
under warranty before denying
warranty coverage. Additionally,
federal law allows a manufac-
turer to void a motor vehicle
warranty or deny warranty cov-
erage if the manufacturer pro-
vides the article or service to
consumers free of charge under
the warranty or the manufac-
turer has secured a waiver from
the Federal Trade Commission.
These data can help provide a
better understanding of the cir-
cumstances in which crashes
and injuries occur.
NOTE: EDR data are recorded
by your vehicle only if a non-triv-
ial crash situation occurs; no
data are recorded by the EDR
under normal driving conditions
and no personal data (e.g.,
name, gender, age, and crash
location) are recorded. How-
ever, other parties, such as law
enforcement, could combine the
EDR data with the type of per-
sonally identifying data rou-
tinely acquired during a crash
investigation.
Event data recorder
This vehicle is equipped with an
event data recorder (EDR). The
main purpose of an EDR is to
record, in certain crash or near
crash-like situations, such as an
air bag deployment or hitting a
road obstacle, data that will
assist in understanding how a
vehicle’s systems performed.
The EDR is designed to record
data related to vehicle dynamics
and safety systems for a short
To read data recorded by an
EDR, special equipment is
required, and access to the
vehicle or the EDR is needed. In
addition to the vehicle manufac-
turer, other parties, such as law