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MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT

Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations

Standard 114



 
Locking and Immobilization Systems (Standard 114)

General

114. (1) In this section, "self-mobility" means movement of the vehicle by means of a rolling motion of all the weight-bearing wheels.

(1.1) This section does not apply in respect of a vehicle that has a GVWR of 4 536 kg or more or to a walk-in van.

 
Locking System

(2) Every vehicle shall be equipped with a key-operated locking system that

(a) when the key is removed, prevents the normal activation of the vehicle engine or other main source of motive power;

(b) when the key is removed, prevents either the steering or the forward self-mobility of the vehicle or both; and

(c) where the vehicle is equipped with an automatic transmission control with a park position, prevents the removal of the key unless the transmission or the transmission control is locked in the park position or becomes locked in the park position as the direct result of removing the key.

(2.1) Notwithstanding paragraph (2)(c), where the electrical system of the vehicle fails, an overriding device may allow the removal of the key, if

(a) access to the means of activating the overriding device is protected by an opaque cover that must be removed with a tool; and

(b) the conditions referred to in paragraph (2)(b) are met.

(2.11) Paragraphs 2(b) and 2.1(b) do not apply to any vehicle equipped with an immobilization system that complies with subsection (7).

(2.2) A vehicle referred to in subsection (2) may be equipped with an overriding device that

(a) will allow the unlocking of the transmission or the transmission control; and

(b) is designed so as to be activated only by the use of a key or by a means the access to which is protected by an opaque cover that must be removed with a tool and, where the device is not activated by the use of a key, steering shall be prevented.

(2.3) No vehicle shall move more than 150 mm on a 10 per cent grade when the transmission or transmission control is locked in the park position.

(3) Except where an automatic transmission control is in the park position, the device for deactivating the vehicle engine or any other main source of motive power shall not simultaneously activate the key-operated locking system referred to in subsection (2).

(4) The number of different variations of the locking systems referred to in subsection (2) used by each manufacturer shall be at least 1,000 or a number equal to the number of vehicles manufactured by such manufacturer, whichever is the lesser, taken separately for each prescribed class of vehicle to which this section is applicable.

(5) Except for a vehicle that is manufactured for operation without doors and that either has no doors or has doors that are designed to be easily attached to and removed from the vehicle, a warning to the driver of the vehicle shall be activated whenever the key referred to in subsection (2) has been left in the locking system and the driver's door is opened, but the warning need not be activated.

(a) after the key has been manually withdrawn to a position from which it may not be turned;

(b) when the locking system is in the ON or START position; or

(c) after the key has been inserted in the locking system and before it has been turned.

(6) Compliance with paragraph (2)(c) shall be tested with the vehicle at curb weight plus 91 kg (including the driver), as follows:

(a) with the vehicle on a level surface, move the transmission control to any position where it will remain without assistance, including a position between the detent positions but not including the park position and, at that position, try to remove the key from each possible key position; and

(b) drive the vehicle up a 10 per cent grade, stop it with the service brakes, apply the parking brake (if present), release the service brakes, move the transmission control to the park position, apply the service brakes, release the parking brake, release the service brakes, remove the key, verify that the transmission control or the transmission is locked in the park position and verify that vehicle movement is less than or equal to 150 mm after the release of the service brakes.

 

Immobilization System

(7) Effective September 1, 2007, every vehicle, except an emergency vehicle, shall be equipped with an immobilization system that meets

(a) the requirements respecting the performance and testing of an electronic immobilization system that are set out in National Standard of Canada CAN/ULC-S338-98, entitled Standard for Automobile Theft Deterrent Equipment and Systems: Electronic Immobilization (May 1998), published by the Underwriters' Laboratories of Canada (ULC), except that

(i) the requirements set out in section 1.6 and the requirements respecting non-OEM systems as defined in section 2, local noise regulations and radio frequency interference immunity shall not apply, and

(ii) a reference to a "manufacturer of an electronic immobilization system" shall be read as a reference to a "manufacturer"; or

(b) the general and particular specifications, operation parameters and test conditions of an immobiliser that are set out in Part III of ECE Regulation No. 97, entitled Uniform Provisions Concerning the Approval of Vehicle Alarm Systems (VAS) and of Motor Vehicles with Regard to Their Alarm Systems (AS), as revised on October 14, 2002, except that

(i) the requirements respecting aftermarket installation, type approval and radio emissions shall not apply,

(ii) for the purposes of section 31.7, the word "rapidly" shall mean less than 5 minutes and the words "time consuming" shall mean at least 5 minutes,

(iii) despite any statement to the contrary in sections 31.10 and 31.11, the immobilization system shall not have any impact on the vehicle's brake system, and

(iv) for the purposes of section 32.4.1, the words "a maximum of 5 min" shall be replaced by the words "a maximum of 1 min".

(8) A vehicle equipped with an immobilization system that complies with subsection (7) shall be accompanied by the following written information:

(a) instructions regarding operating and maintaining the system; and

(b) a warning to not leave in the vehicle a device or a combination that disarms or deactivates the system.

(9) The information referred to in subsection (8) shall be provided in English, French or both official languages, as requested by the first retail purchaser.

 

 

Established by the CONSOLIDATED REGULATIONS OF CANADA, 1978.

amended by

SOR/79-940 6 December, 1979 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Section 116 of Schedule IV is renumbered as section 114.

SOR/95-164 28 March, 1995 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

The heading preceeding section 114 of Schedule IV of the French version; subsections 114(2) and (3) of Schedule IV; and subsection 114(5) of Schedule IV preceeding paragraph (a). Subsections 114(2), (2.1), (2.2), (2.3) and (3) come into force on September 28, 1995.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT IS NOW CHAPTER 16 OF THE STATUTES OF CANADA, 1993.

SOR/97-264 20 May, 1997 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, in force May 20, 1997

Subsections 114(1.1), (2.1) and (2.3) of Schedule IV; and section 114 of Schedule IV by adding subsection (6).

SOR/97-421 28 August, 1997 pursuant to subsection 5(1) and section 11 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, in force August 28, 1997

Paragraph 114(2)(c) and subsection 114(3) of Schedule IV.

SOR/2005-45 February 22 2005 pursuant to subsection 5(1) and section 11 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, in force February 22 2005.

The heading before section 114 of Schedule IV is replaced; "Locking System" is added after subsection (1.1);  Subsection (2.11) is added after subsection (2.1); Subsection (7), (8) and (9) are added after subsection (6). 

 


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