That's basically what's happened in Mass in the past year. Except if you have
OBD II and there are no codes they do not put it on the rollers for the
emission test. So nowadays the only cars that actually are tested are 85 thru
95 ever other year.
Dave Clement
99 SLT+ CC 4x4
In article <BAY15-F789E661B6043EEE13594AC8910@phx.gbl>,
drchallenger@hotmail.com ("DR CHALLENGER") writes:
>
>
> from what i have been told an unreadable port is an automatic failure . all
> inspection stations in ny are now required to pull the codes on all OBI II
> vehicles, 1996 and newer. i have heard that around 1/3 of vehicles that
> don't have the check engine light on are still failing.
>
> >From: jon@dakota-truck.net
> >>"DAKSY" <rsmith13@nycap.rr.com> wrote:
> >[...]
> >: I love my DAK, but I'm startin to get sick of the monthly nickel-and-dime
> >: stuff that's costing me hundreds that I should be putting into the
> >A-frame!
> >: I'm done for now...
> >
> >
> > Argh. That sucks - I'm sorry to hear that! Out in my neck of the
> >woods, they don't pull the OBD-II codes. (Or at least none of the
> >inspection stations I have ever been to have done it anyway.) Any
> >chance you can go to an inspection station which isn't quite so
> >anal? :-)
> >
> > How about the mechanic you are having work on the DAKSY? Does
> >he do NYS inspections? Hey, if you can let it drag on until the
> >BBQ, I can get you an appointment at a "good" inspection station.
> >;-)
> >
> > Something rattling around in the back of my brain is saying
> >something about a loophole here... I don't recall the details,
> >but I seem to recall reading/hearing somewhere that if there is
> >an emissions problem with your vehicle that prevents it from
> >passing inspection, if you try X number of times (3?) (or spend
> >$X?) to fix the problem and it still is not resolved, they will
> >pass you. Sorry for the vagueness - who knows, this might have
> >been something that came to me in a dream after too much Taco Bell,
> >but I am pretty sure I heard/read something along those lines
> >possibly while browsing through the NY V&TL... Anybody with more
> >of a clue than myself have any info in that regard?
> >
> > Now my brain is starting to go into "loophole" mode again -
> >does anyone know if NY requires the OBD-II port to work? ;-)
> >A little snip here and a little snip there (perhaps install a
> >switch in a remote location...) They can't pull the codes if
> >the port doesn't work. ;-) Another possible option - do you
> >have another computer you can borrow for the duration of the
> >inspection?
> >
>
>
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