New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 20 - ENFORCEMENT SERVICE
Subchapter 7 - VEHICLE INSPECTION
Section 13:20-7.6 - Immediate repairs
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 13:20-7.6
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) When the nature of the defect(s) found at a motor vehicle inspection is such as to constitute a hazard to the public safety, so as to require immediate repairs to such motor vehicle, such repairs shall be made and the motor vehicle shall be presented for reinspection at an official inspection facility or a licensed private inspection facility within 48 hours.
(b) A defect which constitutes a hazard to the public safety so as to require immediate repairs to a motor vehicle shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
1. A motor
vehicle with a rupture in the brake system;
2. A motor vehicle with a service brake pedal that
does not stop the motor vehicle when fully depressed;
3. A motor vehicle on which all headlights are
inoperative;
4. A motor vehicle on which
all taillights are inoperative;
5. A
motor vehicle on which all stoplights are inoperative;
6. A motor vehicle which has excessive looseness
in its steering linkage wherein the steering wheel must make a complete revolution
before there is a perceptible movement of the wheels;
7. A motor vehicle with a broken ball joint(s),
tie rod(s), or pitman arm;
8. A motor
vehicle with a broken suspension component wherein such condition interferes with
the operation of the motor vehicle;
9. A
motor vehicle with an exhaust leak and holes in the passenger compartment which
permit exhaust gases to enter the passenger compartment;
10. A motor vehicle with any part of the exhaust
system passing through the passenger compartment;
11. A motor vehicle with a fuel leak in any part
of the fuel system;
12. A motor vehicle
with a component of the fuel system which is in contact with a moving part of the
motor vehicle;
13. A motor vehicle with
a tire(s) wherein the ply or cord is exposed and delaminating;
14. A motor vehicle with a windshield which is so
severely broken or shattered as to substantially impair the driver's vision;
or
15. A motor vehicle with window
glazing which is damaged so that sharp edges of glass are exposed.
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