On 6 Jan 2005 18:09:19 -0800, wrote:

>thanks for the suggestion. 1 week and $260 later my car passed the smog

$260 is pretty cheap compared to some of the horror stories I heard
from failed car owners. In NJ, it seemed like the state was making
money from failing cars.


>inspection. the folks at the dealer had to call the Ford engineer's to
>get it figured out. they never really gave me a straight answer about
>what the problem was...something about an "obscure computer reset
>failure". hmmmm....
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>> I think if you have less 70k miles the emission control system is
>> under warrenty per federal law. Plus, considering it's the People's
>> Republic of California it must be the big bad company's fault, so it
>> might have a longer enforced warrenty period.
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>> Check with a consumer protection agency.
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later,

tom @ www.CarFleaMarket.com