Global Regulations and Standards
We provide services for virtually every global vehicle regulation from full-vehicle level to component-level certification of interior and exterior components. With over 30 years of government compliance, homologation, and product validation testing projects, MGA is well suited to helping you with your needs.
Government Regulations
With an emphasis on harmonization, many countries around the world have opted for “equivalent-conformance” to ECE or FMVSS safety standards. In many countries, a special stipulation has been added to their own safety regulations stating that test results from these universally-accepted safety standards are sufficient for certification in their country. Any additional regulations (emissions, for example) required by many of these countries tend to be region or environmental-related.
When a vehicle is being designed, especially for those targeted for emerging markets, the test plan that is typically developed is required to harmonize for export worldwide. This “reaching globally” philosophy emphasizes the critical need for a wide range of experience with virtually every automotive regulation. For most global vehicles, OEMs generally have a mixed test plan including some FMVSS and ECE standards. MGA’s expertise in conducting safety and reliability tests for the North American (FMVSS and CMVSS), European (EEC and ECE), Australian (ADR), and Asian (TRIAS, GB) markets is unparalleled. This allows MGA’s engineers to clearly discuss specific aspects between these various safety regulations.
Consumer Oriented Safety Issues
Government-sponsored consumer-oriented programs like NCAP, SINCAP, and Euro NCAP, as well as independent groups such as IIHS and IIWPG, specify test protocols for evaluating vehicles for consumer-related reasons. The information gathered in these types of research programs are used to inform consumers in various ways such as the five-star crash rating visible on window stickers and in TV commercials. Other examples include child dummy injury values collected in crashes, head restraint ratings, and rollover tendency. Similar to today’s safety standards, MGA’s engineers have extensive knowledge and expertise with these test protocols as well. Eventually, and most pragmatically for vehicle manufacturers, all vehicles will adhere to the Global Technical Regulation (GTR) set of standards, which creates one globally-accepted regulation for specific tests and components.
Safety Test Standards FMVSS
- 101 Passenger Car Controls and Displays
- 102 Transmission Shift Lever Sequence, etc.
- 103 Windshield Defrosting and Defogging Systems
- 104 Windshield Wiping and Washing Systems
- 105 Hydraulic Brake Systems
- 108 Lamps, Reflective Devices, etc.
- 110 Tire Selection and Rims for Motor Vehicles
- 111 Rearview Mirrors
- 113 Hood Latch Systems
- 114 Theft Protection
- 118 Power Operated Window Systems
- 120 Tire Selection and Rims for Motor Vehicles with GVWR > 4,536 kg
- 123 Motorcycle Controls and Displays
- 124 Accelerator Control Devices
- 126 Electronic Stability Control
- 131 School Bus Pedestrian Safety Devices
- 135 Light Vehicle Brake Systems
- 138 Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems
- 201 Occupant Protection in Interior Impact
- 201u Upper Interior Head Impact Protection
- 201P Rigid Pole Side Impact Test
- 202,a Head Restraints
- 203 Impact Protection for Driver
- 204 Steering Control Rearward Displacement
- 206 Door Locks and Door Retention Components
- 207 Seating Systems
- 208 Occupant Crash Protection
- 209 Seat Belt Assemblies
- 210 Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages
- 212 Windshield Mounting
- 214S Static Side Impact Protection
- 214D Dynamic Side Impact Protection
- 216 Roof Crush Resistance
- 217 Bus Emergency Exits and Window Retention and Release
- 218 Motorcycle Helmets
- 219 Windshield Zone Intrusion
- 220 School Bus Rollover Protection
- 221 School Bus Body Joint Strength
- 222 School Bus Impact Crash Protection
- 223 Rear Impact Guards
- 225 Child Seat Anchorages
- 301 Fuel System Integrity
- Frontal Fixed Barrier Impact
- Lateral Moving Barrier Impact
- Rear Moving Barrier Impact
- 302 Flammability of Interior Materials
- 303 Fuel System Integrity of Natural Gas Vehicles
- 305 Electric Vehicles
- 401 Interior Trunk Release
- 403 Platform Lifts System for Motor Vehicles
- 404 Platform Lift Installation in Motor Vehicles
- 500 Low Speed Vehicles
ECE
- R11 Door Latches and Retention Components
- R12 Steering Impact
- R13 Vehicle Brakes
- R14 Seat Belt and ISOFIX Anchorages
- R16 Seat Belt Anchorages
- R17 Seats and Their Anchorages
- R21 Interior Fittings – Occupant Protection
- R25 Head Restraints
- R26 External Projections
- R26 Front Projections – Pedestrain Protection
- R29 Overturning/Load Shifting
- R30 Pneumatic Tires
- R32 Structure Rear End Collision
- R33 Frontal Collision Structure Behavior
- R34 Prevention of Fire Risks
- R42 Front and Rear Bumpers
- R44 Child Restraint Protection
- R61 Pedestrian Protection
- R46 Mirrors
- R51 Noise Emissions
- R58 Rear Underrun Protection
- R64 Spare Wheels
- R66 Strength of the superstructure of large passenger vehicles
- R67 LPG
- R84 Fuel Consumption
- R89 Speed Limitation Device
- R90 Brake Line
- R93 Front Underrun Protection
- R94 Frontal Collision Occupant Protection
- R95 Side Impact Occupant Protection
- R97 Alarm System
- R101 Fuel Consumption
- R115 LPG Retrofitting
- R116 Protection Against Theft and Alarms
- R117 Tire Sound – Passby Noise
- R121 Controls Tell Tale Lamp
Others
- NCAP, SINCAP, Euro NCAP, IIHS, IIWPG
- SAE
- ASTM
- MIL-STD
- JMOT
- CCC
- FAA
