North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 19A - TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 03 - DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Subchapter D - ENFORCEMENT SECTION
Section .0500 - GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING SAFETY INSPECTION OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Section 03D .0541 - EXHAUST EMISSION CONTROLS

Universal Citation: 19A NC Admin Code 03D .0541

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

(a) An exhaust emission shall not be approved if the vehicle is a 1968-year model or newer and any of the visible emission control devices placed thereon by the manufacturer are missing, disconnected, made inoperative, or as set forth in G.S. 20-128(d) have been altered without approval of the Department of Environmental Quality.

(b) If the unleaded gas restrictor on a vehicle manufactured after model year 1967 has been altered or removed a new or reconditioned catalytic converter and unleaded gas restrictor must be replaced before the vehicle shall pass inspection.

(c) An exhaust system shall not be approved if:

(1) the vehicle has no muffler or other exhaust system of the type installed at the time of manufacture or does not operate as designed by the vehicle manufacturer;

(2) the muffler, exhaust, or tail pipes have leaking joints;

(3) the exhaust or tail pipes have holes, leaking seams, or leaking patches on muffler;

(4) the tail pipe end is pinched;

(5) the exhaust system is equipped with muffler cut-out or muffler by-pass; or

(6) any part of the system passes through the passenger compartment.

Authority G.S. 20-2; 20-39; 20-128; 20-183.3(a)(9);
Eff. October 1, 1994;
Readopted Eff. October 1, 2021.

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