B. This section does not apply if the owner, lessor or operator of the covered motor vehicle, or the person renting or leasing the covered motor vehicle to another person, fails to comply with a law or regulation issued after the covered motor vehicle was manufactured or first sold requiring a mandatory recall or retrofit of the covered motor vehicle.
C. For the purposes of this section, "covered motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle for which the owner's liability for an accident is governed by 49 United States Code section 30106.