If it can be hacked or police can acces you should be able to disable the system to prevent this from happening.
Most places have emissions testing and/or safety testing and they will fail you if they see any tampering at all. The car makers have tried a few times to get the gov't to allow them to seal an engine compartment forcing you to use the dealer only to work on it and a broken seal means no emissions sticker. I live somewhere that doesn't have safety or emissions testing and that is on purpose.
I made another comment with a comment thread stupid people everywhere luckily most have a brain.
We have emission testing since were so close to Portland. The car manufacturers made a deal and your first sticker is good for 5 years then you test. But at 5 years state law states the manufacturer is no longer responsible for emission repairs even if your warranty is still in effect.
Basically you could buy a new car that could never pass emissions and after 5 years you’ll have to spend thousands replacing something that should’ve never been sold.
If it’s diesel trucks or a popular car you can buy a reprogrammable chip and when it’s emissions time you put it back to default.
The market is going to be huge for those if it every takes off. They have six years, then an additional 3 then they can let congress know it can’t be done safely, which will never happen unless people start protesting it now.
Basically you could buy a new car that could never pass emissions and after 5 years you’ll have to spend thousands replacing something that should’ve never been sold.
Planned obsolescence. Five years is the lifespan auto makers shoot for due to the common length of time of an auto loan. It's super kosher.
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