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Originally Posted by JFP in PA
And correct me if I am wrong, but isn't it considered illegal to sell a car in CA knowing that it has such a fault and not disclosing it to the buyer, and that it could only be sold as a parts car if it was unable to correctly pass smog?
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Theoretically it`s illegal but there`s no way to prove that. I wouldn`t sell a car like that because it`s just not cool but I`m pretty sure there are a lot of cars out there with CEL coming up intermittently which the seller forgets to mention. Actually there is nothing illegal in just erasing the codes then get the car smogged. When the CEL is on, many shops just erase the codes first and see if it re-occurs. As the owner, you can even naively think they solved the problem, and you are not aware that the same issue comes back, say, 200 miles later after you sold the car.