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3 Reasons Your Car Didn't Pass A SMOG Test (And How Much It Might Cost To Fix)

SMOG checks or emission tests exist due to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) regulation on passenger vehicles. Each state sets limits of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from emitting past certain ...

This Illinois senior’s 1996 Chevy Monte Carlo can’t pass an emissions test — it’s so old that the Vietnam War vet can’t get it fixed. And his repair waiver was denied ...

Army veteran Robert Arthur Kersting, 75, knows how to live frugally. He drives a nearly 30-year-old car — a 1996 Chevrolet ...
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Software Cheat May Have Helped Mercedes-Benz Pass US Emissions Rules

Newly leaked documents suggests Daimler, parent company of Mercedes-Benz, may have used software hacks to get around US emissions tests rules for diesel engines. The new details were first reported ...
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Veteran whose 30-year-old car couldn’t pass emissions test gets part he needed from Good Samaritan

CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — An Army veteran who is battling cancer was able to get his 30-year-old car fixed so it could pass an emissions test, after a Good Samaritan learned that he couldn’t get the ...