I came across that. The EPA said the cats went bad and the ODBII
didn't send a failure code on it. They did it with full size pickups
too.
On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Dave Wilker <wilkerbeast01@charter.net> wrote:
>
> My 1998 2.5 Liter was fitted with a new cat after DC was sued by the EPA.
> There were a bunch of Jeeps and 4 cylinder Dakotas that had faulty catalytic
> converters and OBD II computers. Even though it was WAY past warranty, they
> did it. Actually, they did it twice.
>
>
>
> David C. Wilker Jr.
> USAF (RET)
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Guzinski" <mguzinski@gmail.com>
> To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 1:22 PM
> Subject: Re: DML: Failed Colorado Emissions High NOx A little long....
>
>
>>
>> I did check and double check after it failed the first time. That is
>> correct. The limits changed huge..I mean going from 9.0 to 2.0 on the
>> NOx? Crazy! People are passing and I'm not so something is wrong
>> with the lil red Dak. I would have never been able to pass emissions
>> looking back. I was always over the limits on NOx and other
>> measurements. They say if I spend $715 and don't pass I can get an
>> exemption. That is only good for 1 year and I have to get it fixed by
>> then, they only issue one! I don't think they have emissions where my
>> brother lives so maybe he can register it with me. It just bugs me
>> that it would have failed before....I could have had Diamler take care
>> of it. Now that I have so many miles on it it's my wallet that
>> suffers..... Hmmm? Yep I'm disturbed about this...not funny any
>> more! ;-)
>> Thanks,
>> Mike
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 1:49 PM, <jon@dakota-truck.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> "Mike Guzinski" <mguzinski@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Now they toughened the standards since 2006 and on the new tougher
>>>> standards my truck would have never passed. Now it has 158000 miles
>>>> on it and it's cleaner than it was when it was only 4 years new.
>>>
>>>
>>> Wait, can they do that??? (Well, yeah I guess they can do anything
>>> they want, what are we going to do about it?) :-P It seems to me
>>> though that as long as your truck meets the emissions standards that
>>> were in place at the time your truck was built, you should be ok. I
>>> mean, emissions standards are stupid to begin with, but this would
>>> seem to just be common sense, and is usually the way laws are written.
>>> Are they requiring Model Ts and musclecars to install cats and meet
>>> the current emissions standards too?
>>>
>>> I don't know if there is a "loophole" there for you, but I'd
>>> certainly check that out if you haven't already. Some emissions
>>> programs have a provision where if you spend X dollars trying to
>>> remedy the problem, you will get a pass even if it is still failing;
>>> that might be something to look into to. Can you register the vehicle
>>> somewhere else or as something else? :-)
>>>
>>> Sorry that I don't have any actual tech info for you; I'm sure
>>> someone more knowledgeable about this stuff than I will chime in on
>>> your cat question. Sorry to hear that they are hassling you this way;
>>> best of luck with it!
>>>
>>> --
>>> -Jon-
>>>
>>> .- Jon Steiger -- jon@dakota-truck.net or jon@jonsteiger.com -.
>>> | '96 Kolb Firefly, '96 Suzuki Intruder, Miscellaneous Mopars |
>>> `-------------------------------- http://www.jonsteiger.com --'
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
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