Note: Nothing in the specification supersedes applicable laws and regulations unless specific exemption has been obtained.

Note: In the event of conflict between the English and domestic language, the English language shall take precedence.

Engineering qualifications of an approved source is required for this specification. Only sources listed in the GM Materials File (i.e., MATSPC) under this specification number or GMW3044 (trivalent chromate on zinc plating) have been qualified by engineering as meeting the requirements of this specification.

Some of the test cycles in this specification are best used as a quality control test and are not meant to validate potential field performance. See the platform materials engineer for additional details.