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Gelbster · 11-04-2015, 08:00 AM

I suggest you visit a few Smog Test Only stations in person at a quiet time of day. Explain the situation clearly and briefly.Show them your Fail documents. Ask for their advice. Offer to have a "Pre-Test" done.That means no data sent to the Gestapo Computer.If it Passes , run it again as an official test. You're done!
If it fails the Pre Test take the results to the best M96 Indie you can find in your area.
Just checked with my local Test Only guy.The info I gave above is out of date.
A "Pre-Test" now does send the License plate number and VIN to DMV. No knowing what they do with it (red flag?) if the Test is aborted at the SAI test stage.
So it is back to basics and RennTech to plod through every part of the entire system to check functionality and hope you find the problem.
Keep us posted because this could be a big issue for others who follow.

11-04-2015, 08:00 AM	#6
Gelbster Registered User Join Date: May 2014 Location: S.California Posts: 2,029	I suggest you visit a few Smog Test Only stations in person at a quiet time of day. Explain the situation clearly and briefly.Show them your Fail documents. Ask for their advice. Offer to have a "Pre-Test" done.That means no data sent to the Gestapo Computer.If it Passes , run it again as an official test. You're done! If it fails the Pre Test take the results to the best M96 Indie you can find in your area. Just checked with my local Test Only guy.The info I gave above is out of date. A "Pre-Test" now does send the License plate number and VIN to DMV. No knowing what they do with it (red flag?) if the Test is aborted at the SAI test stage. So it is back to basics and RennTech to plod through every part of the entire system to check functionality and hope you find the problem. Keep us posted because this could be a big issue for others who follow. Last edited by Gelbster; 11-04-2015 at 01:21 PM.