residents, military or civilian government employees, and foreign nationals who are importing a vehicle into the U.S. This pamphlet provides essential information for U.S. safety standards must be brought into compliance, exported, or destroyed. Vehicles entering the United States that do not conform with U.S.

Be skeptical of claims by a foreign dealer or other seller that a vehicle meets these standards or can readily be brought into compliance. Therefore, it is unlikely that a vehicle obtained abroad meets all relevant standards. safety, bumper, and emission standards, it is because these vehicles are exported for sale in the United States. If vehicles manufactured abroad conform to U.S. Imported motor vehicles are subject to safety standards under the Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, revised under the Imported Vehicle Safety Compliance Act of 1988 to bumper standards under the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act of 1972, which became effective in 1978 and to air pollution control standards under the Clean Air Act of 1968, as amended in 1977, and 1990.