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The vehicles were well above emissions limits when they weren't in test mode - they weren't legal to sell as mass market vehicles, period. The real question is what this means for owners who have to take theirs in for their annual emissions test: does Billy Bob at the Jiffy Lube have to turn them in if they don't get the defeat device disabled? Is there even a mechanism to communicate that they have to be checked for that?
They've been doing this for years. As long as nobody knew they were crooked, nobody'd be the wiser since no investigation would reveal any sort of a defeat device unless they actually tested experimentally(which inspections don't do).
They won't have to worry about this for awhile. My car is 2 years old and I'm not due for a smog inspection for... oh, I don't even know, but I plan on having a new car by then. Do they even do emission inspections on diesels?
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[–] ShinyVoater 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The vehicles were well above emissions limits when they weren't in test mode - they weren't legal to sell as mass market vehicles, period. The real question is what this means for owners who have to take theirs in for their annual emissions test: does Billy Bob at the Jiffy Lube have to turn them in if they don't get the defeat device disabled? Is there even a mechanism to communicate that they have to be checked for that?
[–] grlldcheese 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Interesting point.
So was this whole thing destined to blow up after 1 year or did they think they could cheat the state emission tests as well?
[–] ShinyVoater ago
They've been doing this for years. As long as nobody knew they were crooked, nobody'd be the wiser since no investigation would reveal any sort of a defeat device unless they actually tested experimentally(which inspections don't do).
[–] lord_nougat ago
They won't have to worry about this for awhile. My car is 2 years old and I'm not due for a smog inspection for... oh, I don't even know, but I plan on having a new car by then. Do they even do emission inspections on diesels?