thanks for the suggestion. 1 week and $260 later my car passed the smog
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.
>
> Check with a consumer protection agency.
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