GB 48001-2026Safety technical requirements for automotive door handle (English PDF)
汽车车门把手安全技术要求
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SAC; SAMR
Level / Type
National · Mandatory
Issue date
January 28, 2026
Implementation date
January 1, 2027
Scope
GB 48001-2026 is the English-translated version of 汽车车门把手安全技术要求.
Technical requirements, test methods and determination of the same type for automotive door handles. This document applies to the door handles of category M1 and category N1 vehicles and of multi-purpose goods vehicles. Door handles of other vehicles may be dealt with by reference to this document.
Document preview — GB 48001-2026
National Standard of the People's Republic of China
- ICS
- 43.040.60
Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation Standardization Administration of China
Contents
- Foreword3
- Annex A Layout position of door handles
- Annex B Loading positions for the door handle strength test
Foreword
This document has been drafted in accordance with the rules given in GB/T 1.1—2020 Directives for standardization — Part 1: Rules for the structure and drafting of standardizing documents.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. The issuing body of this document shall not be held responsible for identifying patents.
This document was proposed by, and is under the jurisdiction of, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China.
This document specifies the technical requirements, test methods and determination of the same type for automotive door handles.
This document applies to the door handles of category M1 and category N1 vehicles and of multi-purpose goods vehicles. Door handles of other vehicles may be dealt with by reference to this document.
The contents of the following documents constitute indispensable provisions of this document through normative reference in the text. For dated references, only the edition corresponding to that date applies. For undated references, the latest edition (including all amendments) applies.
Doors located on the side or the rear of the vehicle which can be opened and closed to allow occupants to enter and leave, including rotating (hinged) opening doors and translational (sliding) opening doors, etc.
Operating mechanism used to open and close a door.
Disengagement of the door lock from the fully latched position or from the secondary latched position, achieving separation of the latch body from the striker (or block).
be opened by operating the door handle.
lock is disengaged by an electrically driven mechanical mechanism; mechanical release means that the door lock is disengaged solely by a mechanical mechanism.
Operating mechanism having the form of a handle, located on the door or near the door frame, used to release the door lock device from outside the vehicle.
divided into electrically released outer door handles and mechanically released outer door handles.
Operating mechanism located on the door or near the door frame, used to release the door lock device from inside the vehicle.
divided into electrically released inner door handles (including the electronic push-button type) and mechanically released inner door handles.
4.1 General requirements
4.1.1 Outer door handle
4.1.1.1 Every door (excluding the back door) shall be equipped with a mechanically released outer door handle. The safety design of the vehicle shall be such that, after an event such as the deployment of an irreversible restraint device or thermal propagation of the traction battery, the door can be opened by means of the mechanically released outer door handle without the use of tools. For vehicles equipped with an electronically controlled door locking device or an automatically activated door locking device, when the locking device is in the locked state and an event such as the deployment of an irreversible restraint device or thermal propagation of the traction battery occurs, it shall be possible to open the door by means of the mechanically released outer door handle without the use of tools.
4.1.1.2 The outer door handle shall be located within the shaded area specified in Annex A, or in the area of the door or near the door frame adjacent to that shaded area. The shaded area for translational (sliding) opening doors is shown in Figure A.1; the shaded area for upward-rotating opening doors is shown in Figure A.2; the shaded area for all other types of door is shown in Figure A.3.
4.1.1.3 In any state of the outer door handle, a hand operating space allowing the mechanical release function to be operated shall be available relative to the vehicle body surface. This operating space shall be able to accommodate the module shown in Figure 1.
4.1.3 Instructions for use
The vehicle product instruction manual shall include instructions for the use of the door handles, containing at least the following information:
b. instructions for the operation of the door handles under emergency conditions.
4.2 Special requirements
4.2.1 Performance requirements
4.2.1.1 For vehicles on which the door lock can be electrically released from outside the vehicle, the test shall be carried out in accordance with the method specified in 5.1 or 5.2. […]
5.1 Static test of the outer door handle
5.1.1 The vehicle shall include at least the outer door handle, the door lock, the locking device, the door lock controller, the associated wiring harness and the power supply, and these systems shall be capable of operating normally.
5.1.2 The vehicle shall be stationary, the door lock in the fully latched position, the locking device in the locked state, and the traction battery of the vehicle (if fitted) shall be disconnected.
b. simulated triggering (by input signal or other means).
5.1.4 Taking the moment at which the deployment threshold of the vehicle's irreversible restraint device is reached as the start time, at 70 ms ± 5 ms the battery supplying the low-voltage auxiliary systems shall be disconnected. If the vehicle is fitted with several batteries located in different areas (e.g. engine compartment, passenger compartment, luggage compartment) supplying the door lock system, one of them shall be disconnected.
5.1.5 After 1 min, the other batteries supplying the vehicle's low-voltage auxiliary systems shall be disconnected, the mechanically released outer door handle shall be operated and the door opening condition checked; after 5 min, the mechanically released outer door handle shall be operated again and the door opening condition checked.
5.3 Test of the inner door handle
5.3.1 The vehicle shall include at least the inner door handle, the door lock, the locking device, the door lock controller, the associated wiring harness and the power supply, and these systems shall be capable of operating normally. 5.3. […]
5.3.4 The door opening condition shall be checked.
5.4 Door handle strength test
5.4.1 Strength test of the outer door handle
5.4.1.1 The outer door handle shall be opened to its limit position. The loading direction shall be within 0° ± 5° of the tangential direction of the motion trajectory of the outer door handle at the moment it reaches the limit position. A force of not less than 500 N shall be applied and maintained for at least 5 s.
5.4.2 Strength test of the inner door handle
5.4.2.1 The inner door handle (excluding the electronic push-button type inner door handle) shall be opened to its limit position. […]
Annex A Layout position of door handles
The layout positions of door handles are shown in Figure A.1 to Figure A.4.
Annex B Loading positions for the door handle strength test
The loading positions for the door handle strength test are shown in Figure B.1 to Figure B.5.
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