California Code of Regulations
Title 13 - Motor Vehicles
Division 3 - Air Resources Board
Chapter 3.6 - Periodic Smoke Inspections of Heavy-Duty Diesel-Powered Vehicles
Section 2192 - Vehicle Inspection Responsibilities

Universal Citation: 13 CA Code of Regs 2192

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

The owner of a heavy-duty diesel-powered vehicle subject to the requirements of this chapter shall do all of the following:

(a) Inspection. Conduct an annual smoke test using the procedures set forth in section 2193(d). Alternatively, an owner may elect to conduct an annual review of OBD data for fault codes, as described in sections 2193(e), (f), for model year 2013 and newer vehicles.

(1) Record the vehicle test information as specified in section 2194.

(b) Repair. Have the vehicle repaired if either it exceeds the applicable smoke opacity standard specified in section 2193(a), or, for vehicles conducting an annual review of OBD data, if the OBD data revealed fault codes described in section 2193(e). Repairs must be done within 45 days of the smoke opacity test or the OBD data review. After repairing the vehicle, the owner shall:

(1) Record the vehicle repair information as specified in section 2194.

(2) Conduct a post-repair smoke test to determine if the vehicle complies with the applicable smoke opacity standard as specified in section 2193(a), or, for vehicles complying via submission of OBD data, confirm the vehicle has been repaired and submit a post-repair OBD scan that shows those fault codes have been cleared, as specified in section 2193(e).

(3) Record the post-repair smoke test results or OBD review results as specified in section 2194.

(4) Make additional repairs to achieve compliance if the vehicle remains out of compliance, and repeat the post-repair smoke test procedure or OBD review procedure under section 2193 as necessary to ensure compliance.

(c) Recordkeeping. Comply with the recordkeeping requirements set forth in section 2194. Keep the specified records for two years after the date of inspection.

(d) Auditing. Permit a California Air Resources Board inspector to review the inspection records specified in section 2194.

1. New section filed 12-1-93; operative 1-1-95 (Register 93, No. 49).
2. Amendment of subsections (a)-(a)(2), (a)(4) and (a)(8) filed 5-4-98; operative 5-4-98 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 98, No. 19).
3. New subsection (a)(9), subsection renumbering and amendment of NOTE filed 3-21-2005; operative 3-21-2005 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2005, No. 12).
4. Change without regulatory effect repealing subsection (a)(9) and renumbering subsections filed 5-23-2007 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2007, No. 21).
5. Amendment filed 5-8-2019; operative 7-1-2019 (Register 2019, No. 19).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 39600, 39601 and 43701(a), Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 39002, 39003, 39033, 43000, 43016, 43018, 43701(a) and 44011.6, Health and Safety Code.

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