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[–] ShinyVoater 0 points 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?

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[–] grlldcheese 0 points 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?

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[–] 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).

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[–] 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?