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> There's not much that they can do to force these people to bring their cars back. Uh. In any place with emissions tests I presume these things will instantly
by nullc 11y ago
> There's not much that they can do to force these people to bring their cars back.
Uh. In any place with emissions tests I presume these things will instantly fail without the upgrade, so you won't be able to preserve your registration without it.
- inyourtenement 11y agoAre you expecting places to implement specific exceptions for these cars? Because presumably they've been passing so far. So, jurisdictions would have to put in specific blocks for these cars, and then have some way to test for the fix. It'll be interesting to see what happens. FWIW, my county doesn't do emissions tests on diesels.
- atomicUpdate 11y agoThe whole point of this discussion is that the car detects it's being tested, then specifically alters the engine's behavior to pass the test. So, no, they won't fail the test without the fix.
- dsuth 11y agoYou would have to assume that by 'automatically failing', the test would involve checking the software version, and if it's not updated, the car instantly fails the test. I can't imagine a test centre knowingly passing a car which has been shown to cheat on tests.